For the past two years, my English 1 students created websites to address the essential question, "How is To Kill a Mockingbird relevant today?" They each focused on topics that appear in both the novel and in contemporary society and analyzed how these topics make the book relevant to today's readers. Explore their websites using the links below.
Hypocrisy, Universe of Obligation, Innocence: Forever Present by Veronica Shlyapnikova, Sophia Rodriguez, and Shelby Page
The Effects of Discrimination by Jed Cobourn and Phillip Peng
Living Up to an Impossible Expectation by Katie Weston, Taylor Yee, and Soraya te Nijenhuis
Beliefs of a Society by Faith Ryu and Hannah Nakagawa
We Need to Stop Killing Mockingbirds by Emma Ericsson and Zoe Lariz
To Kill a Mockingbird: Imperfect Nation by Paul Suh, Elvina Sayadi, and Kayla Hester
The World Around the Mockingbird by George Altawil, Austin Kench, and Legend Reeve
The Lasting Effect of To Kill a Mockingbird by Liam Petrossi-Baughman and David Belmares
Is it Really a Thing of the Past? by Rona Graubart and Noah Corbett
Judging Judgment by Lauren Sung, Sara Soldano, and Selena Cheng
The Sins of To Kill a Mockingbird by Danni Ginsberg, Degan Fisher and Hugo Martin
The Journey as a Mockingbird by Vanessa Trejo and Alexandra Rosales
An Unjust Community by Garret Moody, Matt Ngo, and Zach Nava
To Kill a Mockingbird: A Cruel Society by Bennie Czarny, Ian Conway, and Tyler Huynh
The Dividing of People by Jason Martin, Justin Rhodas, and Billy Akins
The Origins of Racism by Michael Williamson, Isaac Hasenbein, and Isaak Sheek
To Kill a Mockingbird: Lack of Feeling by Amina Muhic, Hunter Demeny, and Kylee Samaripa
A Fixed Society by Maia Petrovic, Viktoriya Volkova, and Audrey Lucas
Modern Day Nightmare by Aaron Canonizado and Jorge Ceja
The Reason Society is Failing by Rory Hepburn, Jackson Dupree, and Nico Vargas
Modern Day Mockingbirds by Lynn Chang, Daniel Baek, and Kendall Hendricker
To Kill a Mockingbird: Law and Morality by Haaram Kim, Mike Maloney, and Vivek Koya
Growing Up In a World With Prejudice by Diana Poplacenel, Luc Fietchter, and Andrew Choi
To Kill a Mockingbird: The Past Determines the Future by Connor Simmons, Ethan Burke, and Jake Broeder
The Evolution of Courage and Discrimination by Aimee Erba and Kiley Doblar
To Kill a Mockingbird: The Tragedy of How Society Works by Martha Jaimes, Mariah Vasquez, and Bella Allen
A Broken Society From Then to Now by Brandon Mayekawa, Kodai Mizuno, and Justin Perry
To Kill a Mockingbird and its Relevance Today by Antonio Siguenza, Bella McClinktock, and Jacob Lazaga
Why Prejudice and Sexism Should be Diminished by Mia Lang, Julia Armstrong, and Sophia Annecone
How Sexism and Stereotypes Divide Our Society by Isabel Hubler, Adriana Lewis, and Abby Proffitt
To Kill a Mockingbird: The Origin of Discrimination by Angelina Kwok, Tallah Modirzadeh, and Emory Heath
Flash Backs by Lana Mahbouba and Julie Schiefer
To Kill a Mockingbird: The Historically Fictional and the Real by Sofia Guthre, Bella Lima, and Galit Bolotin
Racial Bias and Elitism's Influence in 2018 by Ally Suzuki and Joe Sadler
A Mockingbird's Influence in 2018 by Jonathan Levin and Andrew Kerr
To Kill a Mockingbird: The Morals & Prejudice of People by Vara Madem and Annie Laporte