Your job is to become an expert about Harper Lee. Click on the links below to read her biography. You will need to read both links to answer the questions. When you are finished, answer the questions provided to you. Be sure to read carefully because you will be teaching your classmates everything you know about her.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/harper-lees-novel-achievement-141052/
http://www.biography.com/people/harper-lee-9377021
Questions:
1. When and where was Harper Lee born? What was her family like? What was her childhood like?
2. Describe her education (where she attended and what she majored in). Did she participate in any extra-curricular activities? How did this shape who she became?
3. What caused Lee to switch career paths? Describe her early writing career.
4. Describe some details about "Miss Nelle" (paragraph 6 of the Smithsonian article).
5. Describe the childhood relationship between Harper Lee and Truman Capote. What details did you learn about Truman Capote?
6. Describe how their (Lee and Capote's) relationship evolved as they aged. How did Harper Lee view him? His accomplishments?
7. What year was To Kill A Mockingbird published? When was it adapted to screen? How was the book/movie received by the public? What book was more recently published (well after To Kill a Mockingbird)?
8. List and describe any awards/honors in which Harper Lee has received.
9. Your choice: From the articles, decide what would be worth sharing. Choose your topic (not related to the questions already asked).