Instructional Video

Pbs: To Kill a Mockingbird Setting: A Portrait of a Southern Town in the 1930s

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In this video [4:34] from American Masters: Harper Lee: Hey, Boo, learn about the small town of Monroeville, Alabama, Harper Lee's hometown and the inspiration for the fictional town of Maycomb, the setting for To Kill a Mockingbird. Through archival interviews, photographs, and present-day commentary (including an excerpt from an interview with Harper Lee), students will learn what life was like for people living in the South during the Great Depression. Teaching materials are included.

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