To Kill a Mockingbird in the Classroom: Walking in Someone Else's Shoes

by Louel C. Gibbons

This book examines ways of engaging students as they study Harper Lee's novel. Included are collaborative learning, discussion, writing, and inquiry-based projects as well as activities related to the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a staple of secondary school curricula nationwide. The novel has never been out of print since its initial publication in 1960 and continues to enjoy both critical and popular success worldwide. To Kill a Mockingbird in the Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes examines ways of engaging students as they study Lee’s novel. Included are collaborative learning, discussion, writing, and inquiry-based projects as well as activities related to the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird. The twelfth book in the NCTE High School Literature Series, this volume features sample student work and excerpts of relevant literary criticism and reviews.

121 pages, Paperback

First published July 30, 2009

Reviews

[Rachel Mayes Allen]

Although this book was released in the '90s, it retains a fair amount of relevance for today's English teachers. Gibbons emphasizes the universal elements of the novel and provides a number of possible activities for helping students connect with Scout's story.