{"id":8818,"date":"2014-06-08T06:45:59","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T10:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/medialiteracytkam\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:08:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:08:52","slug":"mockingbird-study-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/mockingbird-study-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"To Kill A Mockingbird: Film Study Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

To Kill A Mockingbird:\u00a0Seeing the Film through the\u00a0Lens of Media Literacy<\/h3>\n

\u00a9 2006 Frank Baker<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW: Lesson Plan<\/a> Challenges Students to Create TKAM Courtroom Floor Plan<\/p>\n

NOTE: this entire teacher guide is now available as an Adobe Acrobat file.\u00a0Click on each page in the TABLE OF CONTENTS (left) for instructions.
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TKAM Video Clips:<\/strong>
\nTCM<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Film Clips on YouTube\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 Nathan Lane<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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“Your website on To Kill a Mockingbird is truly one of the best resources I know online or in print for teaching the movie. It provides an appealing format for exploring the elements of filmmaking, adaptation, and critical analysis supported by provocative questions, clear explanations, attractive film stills, and authoritative citations. Anyone interested in learning more about the film or media literacy will find a valuable tool in this handy study guide.”
\nBill Costanzo, author,\u00a0 “Great Films and How to Teach Them”<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I have used your website to help me set up some ‘film studies’ lessons on To KillA Mockingbird. \u00a0Thanks to you, my 8th grade students love the film as much as they love the book -your thoughtful questions and methods for analyzing media have even helped me be a more critical viewer.”
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For some time now, I have been enamored of the film To Kill A Mockingbird.\u00a0I remember seeing it at the local movie theatre in Columbia South Carolina<\/a>\u00a0as a youngster. If memory serves correct, I was 8 years old\u00a0when it was\u00a0shown in 1963. And I remember being scared out of my\u00a0wits during the\u00a0“attack in the woods” scenes.<\/p>\n

I have been working on a teacher guide to help literature teachers better\u00a0use the film in their classrooms. Teacher guides to\u00a0the novel are abundant,\u00a0but I was never able to locate a guide devoted solely to the film, so this is\u00a0the first attempt to more fully explore\u00a0this classic via the ‘language of film.<\/a>‘ Because I am also promoting\u00a0the use of the film on DVD<\/a>, a large portion of\u00a0the guide will be devoted\u00a0to helping educators become more familiar and comfortable with this new\u00a0technology.<\/p>\n

I invite educators to consider introducing students to both media literacy<\/a>\u00a0and the language of film by using the resources produced here. Your\u00a0feedback is important; let me hear from you. My email address is\u00a0fbaker1346@aol.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Frank Baker, media educator<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nTKAM: America’s Favorite Novel<\/a><\/p>\n

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Watch: Harper Lee Documentary<\/a><\/p>\n

Harper Lee Receives Medal of Freedom<\/a><\/p>\n

To Kill A Mockingbird
\nVoted #2 of 100 Most Inspiring Movies<\/a><\/p>\n

Voted #25
\nAFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movies<\/a><\/p>\n

#19 of the 101 Greatest Screenplays
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Actors Gregory Peck, left, (Atticus Finch) and Brock Peters, right, (Tom Robinson) in a\u00a0publicity still from the 1962 film “To Kill A Mockingbird.” The film won three Academy Awards: Best Actor, Best Writing (Screenplay), Best Art\/Set Direction (B&W). Ranked 34th\u00a0on American Film Institute’s list of the 100 Greatest American Films. TKAM is also listed on the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.<\/div>\n
Other awards<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Recently released books:
\n<\/strong>Why To Kill A Mockingbird Matters (2018)<\/a>
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\n<\/strong>Scout, Atticus, and Boo: A Celebration of <\/a>
\nFifty Years of To Kill A Mockingbird<\/a><\/p>\n

Horton Foote: America’s Storyteller<\/a><\/p>\n

In Remembrance:
\n<\/strong>Harper Lee <\/a>(author)
\n<\/strong>Rosemary Murphy<\/a> (actress)
\nWilliam Windom<\/a> (actor)
\nCollin Wilcox<\/a> (actress)
\nHorton Foote <\/a>(screenwriter)
\nRobert Mulligan <\/a>(director)
\nAlice Ghostley<\/a> (actress)
\nHenry Bumstead<\/a> (co-art director)
\nBrock Peters <\/a>(actor)
\nAlexander Golitzen<\/a> (co-art director)
\nGregory Peck <\/a>(actor)
\nAlan J. Pakula<\/a> (producer)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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