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The book is set in early 1930’s.
(Lee wrote it during the beginning of the civil rights era (from about 1955 to 1958).)
AMERICA OF THE 1930s – General
The People History http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1930s.html
US History
o 1929-1933 http://www.ushistory.org/us/48b.asp
o Social and Cultural Effects of the Depression http://www.ushistory.org/us/48e.asp
America in the 1930s, photos and information http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snprelief.htm
1930s Timeline http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1930.html
1930s Timeline PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/worlds/
America in the 1930s
Timeline
Books, comics, magazines, advertising, news, sports
Film—what movies were like
Radio—what was on the radio: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/RADIO/radiofr.html
Popular Culture https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Depression/Popular-culture
Popular Culture http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3452
The United States in the 20s and 30s
Awesome 7 min video about growing up in the South
US Census Bureau Fast Facts
https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1930_fast_facts.html
History channel http://www.history.com/topics/1930s
Culture in the 1930s https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-
textbook/the-new-deal-1933-1940-25/culture-in-the-thirties-197/culture-in-the-thirties-1088-2001/
IMAGES of the 1930s (labelled for reuse)
https://www.google.com/search?q=1930s+culture&safe=strict&sa=X&espv=2&biw=1166&bih=868&tb
m=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwjm_7mg0LrRAhUQ6GMKHc6mA44QsAQIbg#q=1930s
+culture&safe=strict&tbm=isch&tbs=sur:fc
Photos of “national news” in 1930-1939 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=1930-
1940%20national%20news
Medicine and Health
o Discovering US History
http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/ReferenceDetailsPage/DocumentToolsPortletWindow?displayGr
oupName=Reference&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ2104240125&source=Boo
kmark&u=clea26856&jsid=03daf8c763e8a9c67c8e7d3a4a970777
o Encyclopedia.com http://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/culture-magazines/1930s-
medicine-and-health-overview
o PBS https://www.pbs.org/healthcarecrisis/history.htm
o CUNY https://cuny.edu/site/cc/health-in-america/1900s.html#1930
Education
o http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_21.html
Fashion
o Images (labelled for reuse)
https://www.google.com/search?q=1930s+fashion&safe=strict&espv=2&biw=1166&bih=868&t
bm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV56204LrRAhUG6IMKHWgvCXIQsA
QIGQ#q=1930s+fashion&safe=strict&tbm=isch&tbs=sur:fc
o Vintage Dancer http://vintagedancer.com/1930s/women-1930s-fashion/
o The People History http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/30sclothes.html
o Fashion-Era http://www.fashion-era.com/1930s/index.htm
o RISD http://tirocchi.stg.brown.edu/514/story/fashion_thirties.html
LIFE DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Alabama History Timeline (1901-1950): http://www.archives.state.al.us/timeline/al1901.html
Farming in the 1930s: ‘Hard Times’ ‘The Dirty 30s’ “The Great Depression’
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/farminginthe1930s.html
Timeline of The Great Depression
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/rails-timeline/
Life During the Great Depression https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-
history-textbook/the-roaring-twenties-1920-1929-24/the-great-depression-190/the-human-toll-1051-
2507/
The Great Depression http://www.ushistory.org/us/48.asp
o The Stock Market Crash http://www.ushistory.org/us/48a.asp
o Sinking Deeper into the Depression http://www.ushistory.org/us/48b.asp
o Social and Cultural Effects http://www.ushistory.org/us/48e.asp
America’s Story from American Library http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_subj.html
Great Depression and WWII
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/depw
wii/
The Great Depression https://www.treasurydirect.gov/kids/history/history_wwi.htm and the New Deal
https://www.treasurydirect.gov/kids/history/history_ww2.htm
The Great Depression https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-
textbook/the-roaring-twenties-1920-1929-24/the-great-depression-190/the-great-depression-1050-9735/
“Escaping the Great Depression” http://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-and-education-
magazines/escapism-and-leisure-time-1929-1941
Office of the Historian - The Great Depression
America's Story - Great Depression and WWII
Great Depression and WWII
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library - the Great Depression
National Archives - The Great Depression
Race Relations in the 1930s and 1940s
SMALL TOWN RURAL LIFE OF THE PERIOD
Photos of Alabama in 1930-1939 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=1930-
1940+alabama&sp=1&sg=true
Photos of “small town” life in 1930-1939 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=1930-
1940%20small%20town
Photos of “rural America” in 1930-1939 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=1930-
1940%20rural%20america
Having Fun http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_14.html
o Radio http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_15.html
o Movies http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_16.html
o Jazz http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_17.html
o Dancing http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_18.html
o Dating http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_19.html
o Family Time http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_20.html
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT OF THE PERIOD
Entertainment
o IMAGES of 1930’s Entertainment (labelled for reuse)
https://www.google.com/search?q=1930s+entertainment&safe=strict&sa=X&espv=2&biw=116
6&bih=868&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwjL4L-
f27rRAhVC4GMKHbMIAFQQsAQISQ#q=1930s+entertainment&safe=strict&tbm=isch&tbs=s
ur:fc
o Entertainment in the Great Depression
http://www.ducksters.com/history/us_1900s/entertainment_during_the_great_depression.php
o Escaping Hard Times https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-
textbook/the-roaring-twenties-1920-1929-24/the-great-depression-190/escaping-hard-times-
1055-8197/
o Photos of “entertainment” in 1930-1939 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=1930-
1940%20entertainment
o America in the 1930s http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html
o Art and Entertainment of the 1930-40s
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timelin
e/depwwii/art/
o Arts and Entertainment Overview
http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupN
ame=Reference&zid=&zid=8ee760a744cac47c46f30aad091d8bae&action=2&catId=&document
Id=GALE%7CCX3436900179&userGroupName=mlin_c_montytech&jsid=e7eb2d9df4396786c
d7fab992918e4cb
Movies
o Great films of the 1930s http://www.filmsite.org/1930.html
o 1930s film history http://www.filmsite.org/30sintro.html
o Great film milestones & turning points in film history http://www.filmsite.org/30sintro.html
o Crime and gangster films http://www.filmsite.org/crimefilms.html
o America in the 1930s http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html
Radio
o Radio in the 1930s – PBS http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/radio-in-the-1930s/
o American Radio Works http://www.americanradioworks.org/segments/radio-the-internet-of-the-
1930s/
o Golden Age of Radio http://www.cybercollege.com/frtv/frtv018.htm
Sports
o Retrowaste http://www.retrowaste.com/1930s/sports-in-the-1930s/
o Photos of “sports” in 1930-1939 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=1930-1940%20sports
Toys http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/30stoys.html
ADVERTISEMENTS
Photos of advertisements in 1930-1939 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=1930-
1940%20advertisements
LISTEN to old time radio commercials http://www.oldtimeradiofans.com/old_radio_commercials/
America in the 1930s: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/PRINT/printfr.html
IMAGES of 1930s advertisements (labelled for reuse)
https://www.google.com/search?q=advertisements+1930s+%2B.gov&safe=strict&espv=2&biw=1166&
bih=868&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjK6dL127rRAhWm3YMKHfz6AWk
QsAQIRA&dpr=1#q=advertisements+1930s&safe=strict&tbm=isch&tbs=sur:fc
IMAGES of Great Depression ads (labelled for reuse)
https://www.google.com/search?q=great+depression+advertisements&safe=strict&sa=X&espv=2&biw=
1166&bih=868&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwjqgPWH3LrRAhUn94MKHfwzBk0Q
sAQIKQ#q=great+depression+advertisements&safe=strict&tbm=isch&tbs=sur:fc
1930s Advertisements http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/
o General
http://www.advertisingarchives.co.uk/?service=category&action=show_content_page&language
=en&category=6
o Books, magazine, newspaper ads http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/books-and-magazines-ads-
1930s
o Car ads http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/cars-ads-1930s
o Beauty and Hygiene ads http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/beauty-and-hygiene-ads-1930s
o Food http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/food-ads-1930s/32
http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/food-ads-1930s
o Cigarette ads http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/fit-to-print/2014/09/25/more-early-1930s-
cigarette-advertising-action-vitality/
HISTORICAL SOURCES FOR THE BOOK
In Context: To Kill a Mockingbird movie clips http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/332425/To-Kill-
A-Mockingbird-Movie-Clip-A-Maniac-Lives-There.html
Historical context http://neabigread.org/books/mockingbird/readers-guide/historical-context/
Basic historical context http://resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/mockingbird/historical.htm
Maycomb’s Ways--audio and video https://www.facinghistory.org/mockingbird/videos-and-activities-
classroom/jim-crow-south-setting-maycomb
Historical content videos
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=to+kill+a+mockingbird%2C+historical+context
What is Jim Crow? http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/what.htm
Tom Robinson’s trial vs. the Scottsboro Trial http://www.chipublib.org/scottsboro-trials/
Civil Rights Era Chronology http://www.chipublib.org/civil-rights-era-chronology/
What Was Jim Crow?
http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/what.htm
Jim Crow Laws - informational video
Jim Crow Laws on PBS
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
The Scottsboro Trials
o Trial of the Scottsboro Boys
o Encyclopedia of Alabama
o Scottsboro trial NOW
o Scottsboro on PBS
o Scottsboro Boys Museum
Civil Rights
o TeacherServe The Civil Rights Movement
o HAA - Civil Rights Movement and the Reconstruction
o LOC - The Civil Rights Act
o Smithsonian National Museum of American History
o "Separate But Equal" - University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School
o National Civil Rights Museum
o America's Black Holocaust Museum
HARPER LEE, HER HOMETOWN, and HER BOOK
About Harper Lee http://neabigread.org/books/mockingbird/readers-guide/about-the-author/
Comparison of Harper Lee’s childhood to Scout’s childhood http://www.chipublib.org/harper-lee-
biography/
Courthouse in Monroeville, Alabama that was the setting for the book’s court scene
http://www.monroecountymuseum.org/old-courthouse-museum
Scenes of the courthouse and courtroom in Monroeville, Alabama
http://www.ruralswalabama.org/attraction/the-old-monroe-county-courthouse-at-monroeville-al-home-
of-the-monroe-county-heritage-museums/
Information about the first edition of the book http://www.pprize.com/BookDetail.php?bk=43
Other Considerations
Women’s Rights
Women's Rights - Nat'l Historical Park ; Women's Suffrage Timeline
HAA - Women's Right Movement
Women's Rights - 19th Amendment to the US Constitution
Women's Rights Timeline
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage Documents
Education/Literacy
Public Schools in the Great Depression
Going to School
Segregated Schools
ABHM - The Education of Black Children in the Jim Crow south
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
"Separate But Equal" - University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School
Inventions and Technology
1930s Timeline
Timeline of Inventions
Racist Organizations
KKK on PBS
KKK on PBS
Hate Groups in the US
KKK on History
History of KKK on PBS
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
Issue of Race in the 1930s
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