Task sheet for Pecha Kucha presentations on the topic of the novel 'To Kill A Mockingbird'. Topics to choose involve historical references and key information from the novel, to develop context. Emmet Till, Dust Bowl, and the Great Depression.

1. To Kill A Mockingbird – Pecha Kucha Presentation
Each studentwill have toselectapresentation topicfromthe list,one topicperstudent.A PechaKuchapresentationisatalkshownwitha PowerPoint
presentationconsistingentirelyof Images.Foreachslide,the presentertalks for20 secondsperimage / slide.A typical presentationconsistsof 20 images
and 20 secondsperslide, that's6 minutesand40 secondsof talking.Forthistask,youcan complete 10images,and20 secondsforeach slide,foratotal
durationof 3 minutesand20 seconds. If youare interestedyoucanlookat some examplesatthiswebsite: www.pechakucha.org.Fora guide onhowto
setthe timingforyourpresentationrefertothisclip:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGVCKCn6jBc, or use the example PowerPointavailableon
Compass.
Your task isto give the classa visual presentation of yourtopicandto provide some insightintohowitaffectedthe U.S.A. If youcanmake a linkbetween
your topicand the novel thenthatwouldbe especiallyuseful. The Taskisto be performedonthe FirstWednesdayof Term3.
1. NAACP( National Associationforthe
Advancementof ColouredPeople)
2. BrownVs.Board of Education
3. Harper Lee 4. Trial by juryin the Southduringthe
1930s
5. Wall StreetCrashof (1929) – Black
TuesdayandBlack Thursday
6. The ‘Sit-in’Movement
7. JimCrow Laws 8. Slaveryinthe U.S.A.
9. The ‘Dust Bowl’ 10. Technologyinthe 1930s
11. Rosa Parks 12. The HarlemRenaissance
13. The Great Depression 14. Harper Lee’sNewBook
15. The NewDeal 16. The Harper Lee didn’twrite the book
conspiracy
17. Ku Klux Klaninthe 1930s 18. The ‘DeepSouth’of the U.S.A
19. Ku Klux Klaninthe 1960s Martin LutherKing
20. ScottsboroBoys
21. EmmettTill
22. Civil RightsMovement
23. The Little Rock 9