Instructional Video

Race, Class, and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird

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In the second video in a series about To Kill A Mockingbird, the narrator considers how Harper Lee uses the contrast between Scout's attitudes and those of the people of Maycomb to critique the ingrained southern attitudes toward race and gender. Green argues that Scout's real education is learning to imagine others' complexly.

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Classroom Considerations
  • This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
  • Younger readers may benefit from watching the video while reading the book
  • Show older learners the video after a reading of the novel to model how to cite other text to support an analysis
Cons
  • The captions for this video are missing; instead, the captions provided are for the first video in the two-part series
  • Preview to determine if the pace and commentary are appropriate to your classroom