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In a three- to four-page paper, analyze one or more critical theme in Harper Lee’s //To Kill a Mockingbird//. You may look at any one or more of the themes you have been analyzing and now researching, such as **race,** **class**, and/or **gender**. To support your understanding of Lee’s theme(s), you must use four sources to further your thesis, two of which must be critical secondary sources. One primary source must, obviously, be //To Kill a Mockingbird//. Be sure to accurately cite any quotes and paraphrases (i.e., textual evidence) with proper MLA style for citation and documentation.

To show good and even research and sound composition, develop your topics (paragraphs) with references to multiple sources. For example, show how a secondary source and Lee collaborate to develop a theme. Show that the sources are in a dialogue with each other.

You will earn two test grades for this paper: one, your understanding of //To Kill a Mockingbird// and its theme(s); two, the paper itself, as per our rubric, effective employment of MLA style for documentation, and ability to conduct independent research.

You will have four days of in-class (library) time to research and/or compose. You should also be working on the paper on your own time, be it at home, study halls, and/or 10th periods. This is your last chance this year to develop and display your strong research and composition skills.

Cite on!

1. Open a new tab with your Noodletools account open to cite as you work.

**Suggested Databases:**
SIRS

Daily Life America

LitFinder LitFinder is one of the Gale databases

SOME websites:
Sigelman, Katherine, ClassicNote.com by GradeSaver. __ClassicNote on To Kill a Mockingbird__. Web. 2 Jun 2010. <[]>.

American Memory Fellows Program, Library of Congress. __To Kill a Mockingbird : An__ __Historical Perspective__. 02 Dec 2003. Web. 2 Jun 2010. <[|http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/less] [|ons/98/mock/intro.html]>.

Cozzens, Lisa. __The Murder of Emmet Till__. 29 Jun 1998. Web.2 Jun 2010. <[|http://www.watson.org/~] [|lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/emmett.html]>.

__The Murder of Emmet Till__. Web. 2 Jun 2010. <[|http://soundprint.org/radio/display_show/ID/205/nam] [|e/The+Murder+of+Emmett+Ti]>.

Suggested PRINT resources:
Aretha, David. //**The Trial of the Scottsboro Boys.**// Greensboro, NC: Morgan Reynolds Publishing, 2008. Print.

Davis, Daniel S. //**Struggle for Freedom: The History of Black Americans.**// New York; Harcourt, 1972. Print.

Friedman, Lauri S., ed. **//Racism: An Opposing Viewpoints Guide//**. Detroit: Greenhaven, 2006.

Fulks, Bryan. //**Black Struggle: A History of the Negro in America.**// New York: Delacorte, 1969. Print.

Haggerty, Andre. //**Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird.**// Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish, 2010. Print.

Haugen, Hayley Mitchell, ed//. **Racism**//. Detroit: Greenhaven, 2008.

Johnson, Claudia Durst. **//Understanding// To Kill a Mockingbird**. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1994.Print.

Latham, Frank R. **//The Rise and Fall of "Jim Crow," 1865-1964.//** New York: Frank Watts, 1969. Print.

Meltzer, Milton, ed. //In **Their Own Words**//**: //A History of the American Negro 1916-1966//**. New York: Crowell, 1967. Print.


 * //Racism in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird//**. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. Print.

Sharp, Anne Wallace. //**A Dream Deferred: The Jim Crow Era.**// Detroit: Lucent, 2006. Print.

Smith, Karen Manners. //**New Paths to Power: American Women, 1890-1920**//. New York: Oxford UP, 1994. Print.

Williams, Mary E., ed. **//Racism//**. Detroit: Greenhaven, 2004.