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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: Scottsboro Boys

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source documents and texts related to the trial of the Scottsboro Boys, nine African American teens who were tried for the crime of rape in Alabama in 1931. It was widely seen as a gross miscarriage of justice and went to trial...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Profiles in Courage to Kill a Mockingbird

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site offers two separate lesson plans which focus on the theme of "Courage," as portrayed in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," and court transcripts (and other primary source material) from the second Scottsboro Boys Trial of 1933.
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Other

David's Gallimaufry: To Kill a Mockingbird, Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Written by an experienced high school teacher, this study guide includes notes about the book, about its 1930's setting, review material and quizzes. Also provides links to other relevant sites on Lee, the novel and the time period.