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To Kill a Mockingbird DOCUMENT RESUME ED 406 711 CS 509 499 TITLE "To Kill A Mockingbird": Then and Now--A 35th Anniversary Celebration. Teacher Study Guide. INSTITUTION Prince William County Public Schools, VA.; National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, Ill. PUB DATE 97 NOTE 17p.; With assistance from the American Film Institute and the National Endowment for the Humanities. PUB TYPE Guides - Classroom Teacher (052) Historical Materials (060) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Class Activities; Classroom Communication; Curriculum Enrichment; *Film Study; Learning Activities; Literature Appreciation; Novels; Problem Solving; Secondary Education; *Student Participation; *Teacher Role; Teaching Guides; Teleconferencing IDENTIFIERS Controversial Topics; Historical Background; *To Kill a Mockingbird ABSTRACT This study guide offers a different approach, teleconferencing, to new information, ideas, and resources on the film, "To Kill a Mockingbird." Following general information on "then and now," the guide consists of sections entitled: Preparing to Teach TKM: Special Considerations (by Charles Suhor and Larry Bell); Historical Background; Looking Closely at the Film; Looking Closely at the Novel; Pre-Teleconference Activities for Students (including brainstorming and discussing, filling out an "opinionnaire," and exploring stereotypes); NCTE Readings and Resources, Guide Writers/Planners; Program Host and Special Guests; and Program Descriptions and Registration Form. The section of the guide on "Preparing to Teach TKM" notes that the guide was developed by inner city and suburban teachers, humanities scholars, and teacher educators who raised many important points about a range of issues; this section also suggests that individual teachers and English departments can select literary materials in accordance with a published selection process that clearly affirms the criteria for their choices. Web site information is also noted. (NKA) ******************************************************************************* * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ******************************************************************************** Teacher Study Guide To eekrigbid-4' 4m-ir ,and 3i iiAnniv Leibr,-; ratr5n I 4. up* '($4L._ U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDU ATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. Lyceum 1: Teleconference on the Novel Lyceum 2: Teleconference on the Film Thursday, April 24, 199711 AM - 12 Noon ET Friday, April 25, 199711 AM - 1 PM ET Teacher Orientation Workshop/Teleconference Thursday, April 10, 1997 2 - 3 PM ET PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY weal TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 111111111111111111 Prince William Network Prince William County Public Schools in partnership with National Council of Teachers of English with assistance from American Film InstituteNational Endowment for the Humanities WITKE"-ailaTZWillnrirma Technical Information Partners Live Satellite Distance The Live Satellite Prince William Network Learning - A Definition "Lyceum" PWN is the distance learning Live Satellite Distance Learning In ancient Greece, the grove arm of Prince William County by Prince William Network (PWN) where Aristotle taught was called the Public Schools in northern is the live, interactive broadcast of Lyceuma gathering place where Virginia. PWN consistently wins high-interest educational programs toimportant public discussions were national awards for its K-12 school sites and school districts held. The Live Satellite Lyceum is a distance learning programs and is regionally or nationally. Programs distance learning format in which best known for its Live Satellite are accompanied by a study guide PWN gathers special program guests Field Trips, Kennedy Center and Internet support prepared by like authors, scholars, etc. around a Performing Arts Series, and teacher-based instructional design topic and creates an interactive special event programs like the teams. The guide and Internet teleconference. Lyceum on To Kill a Mockingbird: provide resources and activities that Then and Now. help prepare students to get the most How To Receive The Live out of each interactive learning Prince William broadcast. Proper prepping of Broadcasts Network's Partners: Anyone with a moveable C-Band students raises their level of National Council of anticipation, participation, and satellite dish can participate in our interactivity with the program guestslive broadcast programs. All you Teachers of English by phone, fax, or e-mail and takes need is to arrange for the operator of The National Council of advantage of student interest in the satellite receiver to reserve the Teachers of English (NCTE) technology-based learning. time for the broadcast and a TV. brings to this project excellent (You should have a VCR to tape the NCTE lead teachers and resources live broadcast for your future use.) in the planning and writing of this Scheduling You may want access to a telephone 16-page Teacher Study Guide, Live Satellite Distance Learning for students to call in questions to the which will appear in the April special events like this Lyceum toll free number during the program. issue of NCTE's English Journal seldom fit into the school-bell If you do not have a satellite magazine (circulation 60,000). schedule. But teachers across the dish, your local cable company or country who value the exciting public television station may be able American Film Institute learning which occurs make special to provide access to the programs. The American Film Institute arrangements for their students to Please contact these organizations (AFI), the nation's leading film art participate live by scheduling "in- early. Also, check with district or and culture organization, is school field trips" on the day(s) of regional media centers for access to helping reunite actors and broadcast. the programs. Video tapes are members of the creative team available if you cannot receive the from To Kill a Mockingbird. programs. AFI's partnership encourages English teachers working through You must register to receive satellite coordinates. NCTE's Assembly of Media Arts to continue bringing the study of American film classics alongside Mockingbird Website and Home Page: literary works in the English http://pwnetwork.pwcs.edu curriculum. For the next three years, PWN and the English Department at Woodbridge National Endowment for the High School will maintain an interactive Mockingbird Website with Home Humanities Page. A Webmaster with student website managers will design, maintain Recognizing that TKM has and update links to a rich bounty of resources with links to sites nationally become intertwined in the fabric and internationally. The Mockingbird Website is an expanded version of of our nation's literary, social, this Study Guide and will provide links and resources that refresh and civil and cinematic history, NEH encourage the relevant study of TKM for our times. The Website presents awarded a "Technology In The links to these areas: Lyceum Descriptions, Preparation Activities for the Humanities" Humanities Focus Broadcast, Preparation Activities for the Novel, Instructional Activities, Grant to Prince William Network. Historical Archives, Discussion Groups, and Other Online Resources. This made possible the planning, Look for this symbol indicating that expanded collaboration, research and writing information from the guide is available on the Website. for the Teacher Study Guide and the Lyceum. 2 . 9 Table of Contents st44wmtailrap.--1 Preparing to Teach TKM: Special Considerations 4 Historical Background 5-7 Looking Closely at the Film 8-10 Looking Closely at theNovel 11 Pre-Teleconference Activities for Students 12-14 NCTE Readings and Resources, Guide Writers/Planners 14 Program fldst and Special Guests 15 Program Descriptions and Registration Form 16 WEB For expanded parts of this guide visit the Mockingbird SITE Website at http://pwnetwork.pwcs.edu Visit the Special Projects area on the Website for activities specially designed to prepare students for the teleconferences. Cover Photo:American Film Institute Stills Collection The Museum of Modern Art/Film Stills Archive Many high schools in America teach To Kill a Mockingbird (TKM) every SCOUT'S VISION: year, and we are going to celebrate it! One of our special guests for the The vision to reunite the cast lyceum is Claudia Durst Johnson, noted Harper Lee scholar and author. and creative team from the TKM Johnson has written the text, Understanding To Kill a Mockingbird: A movie, putting them in touch Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historic Documents, and she will with today's students who were share her ideas with us in Program 1. Johnson has maintained a personal not born when the film was relationship with the very private author over the years and will share her made, belongs to Mary Badham insights about Harper Lee. We begin the Study Guide with her reminder of (Scout). Her concern was that why TKM is deserving of this forum: the telling of the story of how the film was madethe oral history "Harper Lee's novel is one of the best-selling books in the of the
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