Talk with your partner… Caste System = a class structure that is determined by birth. Loosely, it means that in some societies, if your parents are poor,

Talk with your partner…Caste System = a class structure that is determined by birth. Loosely, it means that in some societies, if your parents are poor, you're going to be poor, too. Same goes for being rich.• Is Maycomb under a sort of caste system? •How are characters viewed based on the caste

system?•How does someone’s caste label affect them?

India’s Caste System

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1dbksj22Ds

Maycomb Hierarchy

Place the following “castes” in order you think they belong:CunninghamFinchEwellRadleyCalpurnia and her church

Identify for each of the caste.

Where would your character stand?

Agree Disagree

Where would your character stand?

Agree Disagree

People don’t change.

Where would your character stand?

Agree Disagree

All men are created equal.

Where would your character stand?

Agree Disagree

The strong are responsible for taking care of the weak, whether they want help or not.

Where would your character stand?

Agree Disagree

You’ll never know a man until you walk in his shoes.

Inquiry Question

• How can we understand the author’s views on prejudice through an analysis of the “the caste system of Maycomb?”

Read Chapter 12-13

• Search for the Hierarchy mentioned in the story.• Students will continue their post-it note

connections.

What famous storyboard?

What famous storyboard?

Spiderman 2 with Doc Ock

Movie Storyboard

• Each student will get a blank storyboard. If they were to be a director of a movie based upon To Kill A Mockingbird what would the shots look like in the scene they choose.

• Students can choose any scene from 12-13 to map out.

Closure- 3-2 -1 Post-it

• 3 Things I learned today• 2 Questions I still have about TKAMB• 1 Comment for the teacher