Mockingbird

Tasks for the Politician – To Kill a Mockingbird

PRESENTATION #1:

  abusive, profane language (p. 10)

  acquittal (p. 219)

  arrested – resisted arrest (p. 10)

  assault and battery (p. 10)

  bond (p. 10)

  capital offense (p. 219)

  change of venue (p. 145)

  charges (p. 10)

  circumstantial evidence (p. 219)

  commute a sentence (p. 219)

  county [NOT country] seat (p. 4)

  death penalty (p. 219)

  disorderly conduct (pp. 10, 190)

  disturbing the peace (p. 10)

  evidence (p. 203)

  eye-witness (p. 219)

  first-degree murder (p. 5)

  guilty (pp. 5, 211)

  hung jury (p. 222)

  innocent (p. 219)

  jury (p. 160)

  last will and testament (p. 31)

  misdemeanor (p. 196)

  postponement (p. 75)

  reasonable doubt (p. 219)

  second-degree murder (p. 3)

  subpoena (p. 160)

  testify (p. 160)

  trial

  verdict (p. 207)

Useful sites for the legal vocabulary:
Glossary of Legal Terms
Glossary of Legal Terms, State of New York
栄養改善法 [nutrition improvement law] and 痴漢行為 [sexual harassment]

PRESENTATION #1: Questions about Chapter 1

  


PRESENTATION #2: Jim Crow

 Jim Crow Laws

 

 Scottsboro Trial

 

Useful websites:

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

What Was Jim Crow?

Scottsboro Trial

The Scottsboro Boys Trials

  


PRESENTATION #2: Jim Crow Laws

Jim Crow Laws























PRESENTATION #2: Questions

  

Interview Task

Scottsboro Boys

PRESENTATION #2: Trials

Scottsboro Trials

Tom Robinson's Trial









































  


Developed by CA Edington, Spring, 2005; revised Spring, 2007
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan