What issue/event can be connected to the theme of education in To Kill A Mockingbird?

Question

I need a current event/issue that people are dealing with either today or have dealt with relating to education, the theme presented in the book. Summer reading. haha I'm having a little trouble figuring something out, I need to make a power point presentation and explain my understanding of the theme to the issue/event. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Possibly do something about how education has changed society and decreased racism and  prejudice.  Or you could do the reverse, and pick some incident in the news today to show that racism and  prejudice are alive and well now, even though it may be more hidden that it was in the times represented in the novel.

There are numerous on line resources to help you with this novel, and with questions such as this one.  Many of them offer chapter summaries, list of characters, character sketches, discussions of themes, setting, imagery, and symbolism, etc.  Do a search for “study guides for To Kill a Mockingbird” etc., and you will find many sites.  Also, do a search here on yahoo answers for To Kill a Mockingbird and you will find a wealth of information.  

http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/tk...

http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/gcse/...

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/