9^th Grade English Name:_____________________

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

Project Choices

Your job is to create a moving and educational presentation on one of the topics below.

• Your presentation must include some visuals to show the class.
• Your presentation must last between 10 and 15 minutes.
• Your presentation must include facts, but must NOT be boring! This is a Number One criteria! Make your audience feel and appreciate the topic. All of these topics are full of emotional meaning. Use photographs, music; use the tone of your voice; create a play or skit; do something that brings that emotion and feeling of the topic across.

You’ll have one part of a lesson in the library.

The Topics:

1) The Scottsboro Boys

2) Emmett Till

3) The Trenton Six

4) The Freedom Rides (also: The Freedom Riders)

5) Freedom Summer (Also: Goodman, Schwerner, Chaney) (Also: Medgar Evers)

6) Lynching

NOTE: A good first step? TallMania, of course! At www.tallmania.com, on the 9^th Grade To Kill a Mockingbird page, you’ll find links to lots and lots of resources related to each of these six topics. You’re welcome.

Grading Points

Good information 20

Creates feeling and emotion for the topic 20

Working together as a group (sharing work, not arguing) 15

Presentation shows practice, care, and works fluidly (also, neatness/aesthetics) 20

Volume, eye contact, speaking style 15

Use of English grammar, word choice, and sentence structure 10

TOTAL 100 points