Assignment task: Despite having sold more than 40 million copies, To Kill a Mockingbird is still one of the most banned books in American school curriculum. This is based in its adult theme and charged language.
1. What is the perspective regarding the ban? Please respond to the following prompt, using the film study, and two other academic/reliable sources. Cited text examples from both research sources as well as the film.
2, Should Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird be banned in middle and high schools? Why or why not?
3. Choose a side of this issue and decide what three supporting proofs to defend the argument.
4. Include a thesis statement that clearly states the argument to prove it.
5. It is apparent that Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel,
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, should be banned in middle and high schools because of reason #1, reason #2, reason #3.
7. Find two sources that will help defend the argument. Cite this new information with an in text-citation.