Homework: Parents/guardians please assist your child
with the homework.
The
great depression affected many people of different classes, races, etc. Discrimination was very common during this
time.
Option 3:
Atticus said
professional people were poor because the farmers were poor. As Maycomb County
was farm country, nickels and dimes were hard to come by for doctors and
dentists and lawyers. Entailment was only a part of Mr. Cunningham’s vexations.
The acres not entailed were mortgaged to the hilt, and the little cash he made
went to interest…Mr. Cunningham could get a WPA job, but his land would go to
ruin if he left it, and he was willing to go hungry to keep his land and vote
as he pleased.
Pick one of
the following questions to respond to:
A. Write a paragraph in which you
compare the theme of discrimination in To Kill a Mockingbird and Mice and Men
(you may use other books read in class as well if you wish). You may use a venn
diagram to organize your ideas.
B. Is segregation and or/ discrimination
over? Is it still going on? If so, are things better or worse today? Include
evidence from any source. Write a paragraph.
Option 2:
Atticus said
professional people were poor because the farmers were poor. As Maycomb County
was farm country, nickels and dimes were hard to come by for doctors and
dentists and lawyers. Entailment was
only a part of Mr. Cunningham’s vexations. The acres not entailed were
mortgaged …and the little cash he made went to interest…Mr. Cunningham could
get a… job, but his land would go to ruin if he left it, and he was willing to
go hungry to keep his land and vote as he pleased.
1.According
to Atticus why are professionals in Maycomb poor?
2.What is
hard to come by for professionals?
3.What is
Mr. Cunningham willing to do to keep his land?
Option 1:
Atticus said
professional people were poor because the farmers were poor.
1. Why were professionals poor?
As Maycomb
County was farm country, nickels and dimes were hard to come by for doctors and
dentists and lawyers.…
2. What kind of county was Maycomb?
3. What was hard for doctors and
dentists and lawyers to get?
Mr.
Cunningham could get a… job, but his land would go to ruin if he left it, and
he was willing to go hungry to keep his land and vote as he pleased.
4. What would happen if Mr. Cunningham
got a job?
5. What was Mr. Cunningham willing to do
to keep his land?
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