To Kill A Mockingbird ||| Mindmap by Lauren Stygar https://padlet.com/1532474/mhhb0qgb57ma en-us 2018-04-05 21:26:16 UTC 2018-04-05 23:56:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Harper Lee 1532474 https://padlet.com/1532474/mhhb0qgb57ma/wish/249059205 She was born April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama.

She published To Kill A Mockingbird in 1960, making her 34 years old.

She is a descendant of Robert E. Lee, a Confederate soldier and commander of the Civil War.

She studied law at the University of Alabama, but never got a degree.

Despite her well known ancestor, and heavily discriminatory hometown, she still decided to write TKAM.]]> 2018-04-05 21:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/1532474/mhhb0qgb57ma/wish/249059205 To Kill A Mockingbird 1532474 https://padlet.com/1532474/mhhb0qgb57ma/wish/249059296 To Kill A Mockingbird takes place during the Great Depression in Alabama. Atticus Finch, the father of Scout Finch and Jem Finch, was a lawyer, and managed to keep his job during this grueling time.]]> 2018-04-05 21:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/1532474/mhhb0qgb57ma/wish/249059296 Civil Rights + Jim Crow Laws 1532474 https://padlet.com/1532474/mhhb0qgb57ma/wish/249062972 Jim Crow Laws are a set of laws that enforced racial segregation. They are most prominent in the south (Alabama). There were laws that separated people of color for buses, education, restrooms, burial, etc. 

Civil rights refers to laws, as well as a system of etiquette. There is not much progression after 1896, or at least not until 1954, during the Brown vs. The Board of Education.]]> 2018-04-05 21:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/1532474/mhhb0qgb57ma/wish/249062972 Great Depression 1532474 https://padlet.com/1532474/mhhb0qgb57ma/wish/249063077 On Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929), the stock markets completely crashed, making it the beginning of the Great Depression. Unemployment went to 25%, a whole 21% more than today's 4%. The end of the Great Depression was bet by World War II.]]> 2018-04-05 21:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1532474/mhhb0qgb57ma/wish/249063077 Alabama 1532474 https://padlet.com/1532474/mhhb0qgb57ma/wish/249076135 A school district in Alabama was close to segregating their schools, even after the hard work of those before them.]]> 2018-04-05 23:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/1532474/mhhb0qgb57ma/wish/249076135