{"product_id":"understanding-to-kill-a-mockingbird-a-student-casebook-to-issues-sources-and-historic-documents","title":"Understanding To Kill a Mockingbird: A Student Casebook to Issues  Sources  and Historic Documents","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird is a novel of such profound power that it has affected the lives of readers and left and indelible mark on American culture. This rich collection of historical documents  collateral readings  and commentary captures the essence of the novels impact  making it an ideal resource for students  teachers  and library media specialists. Drawing on multi-disciplinary sources  the casebook places the issues of race  censorship  stereotyping  and heroism into sharp perspective. Through these documents  the reader also gains a taste for the historical events which influenced the novel as well as the novels relevance in todays world. Among the documents which speak most eloquently are testimony from the Scottsboro Case of the 1930s  memoirs and interviews with African Americans and whites who grew up in Alabama in the 1930s  and news stories on civil rights activities in Alabama in the 1950s. Most of the documents presented are available in no other printed form. Study questions  project ideas  and bibliographies are also included for ease of use in further examination of the issues raised by the novel. Thirteen historical photographs complement the text.  Following a literary analysis of issues raised by the novel  the casebook opens with testimony and newspaper articles from the 1930s Alabama Scottsboro Case. The significant parallels of this case to the novel paint a social and historical background of the novel. Memoirs and interviews with African Americans and whites who grew up in Alabama in the 1930s further complete the historical landscape. Articles and news stories from the 1950s depict the increasingly tense  volatile environment in which the novel was written and published. Documents examine the stereotypes of the poor white  the African American  and the southern belle; and how the novel allows the reader to walk around in the shoes of those who have been stereotyped. More current articles examine the legal  literary  and ethical ramifications of the novel. These articles include a debate between lawyers over whether Atticus Finch was a hero  and discussion of attempts to censor the novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986812301365,"sku":"ByrdShop_0313291934","price":38.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780313291937.jpg?v=1770918253","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/understanding-to-kill-a-mockingbird-a-student-casebook-to-issues-sources-and-historic-documents","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}