To Kill a Mockingbird Introduction Presentation -Discussion, Harper Lee, Context
To Kill a Mockingbird introduction presentation includes absolutely everything you need to introduce the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee to your students. This interactive PowerPoint presentation includes pre-reading discussion questions, an interactive class activity, a biography of Harper Lee, a fun review quiz, novel context and reception, and background information and historical context on the novel.
Included in To Kill a Mockingbird Introduction Presentation:
➡️ This 24-slide PowerPoint presentation is the perfect way of introducing To Kill a Mockingbird to your students. The slides will provide students with the background information they need before they begin reading. Included in the presentation:
- Agree or Disagree class activity where students stand or sit based on if they agree or disagree with prompts that relate to themes that emerge in To Kill a Mockingbird.
- Novel genre information on bildungsromans.
- A detailed biography of Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird.
- A quiz within the slideshow about Harper Lee to check student attention and comprehension.
- Novel title and cover analysis
- Historical context to understand how themes in the novel were shaped by societal issues at the time (The Great Depression, racism in the South, Jim Crow Laws, lynching, economic oppression, Scottsboro Trials, Language in the novel, The Civil Rights Movement,
- and more!
- Background information on the novel and how it was received.
Using To Kill a Mockingbird Introduction Presentation in your Classroom
Use this presentation as a way of introducing To Kill a Mockingbird intentionally to prepare students for reading. Students will be provided opportunities for classroom discussion, forming and justifying an opinion, and understanding important contexts (historical, author).
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