By Harper Lee 4 Corners Statements to ponder

By Harper Lee

4 Corners Statements to ponder… A fair trial is always guaranteed under the law.

Having money and/or a higher social class will not affect how a person is to be judged.

Justice is blind.

In America, a defendant is innocent until proven guilty.

Lawyers are interested in their fees and not the truth of the case.

All men are created equal.

Some words are so offensive that they should never be stated or written.

The old adage, “Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you, ” is true.

Speaking standard grammar proves that a person is smart.

Education is the great equalizer

Girls should act like girls.

When the law does not succeed in punishing criminals, citizens should do so.

Let’s take a look at some history…

The Depression in the United States The Great Depression plunged the American people into an economic crisis unlike any endured in this country before or since. The worst and longest downturn in our economic history threw millions of hardworking individuals into poverty, and for more than a decade neither the free market nor the federal government was able to restore prosperity.

The Depression continued… As a result, President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted the “New Deal, ” which forever changed the relationship between the American people and their government. This time period is considered to be one of the most significant periods of political reform in American history.

The Depression By the middle of the 1930 s, as the American people endured half a decade of misery with no end in sight, some began to flirt with much more radical alternatives to the liberal reformism of the New Deal.

The Depression For perhaps the only time in our history, American capitalism broke down so badly, and for so long, that radically different ways of organizing society became not only thinkable, but for some, desperately desired.

The Depression Shmoop Editorial Team. "The Great Depression Summary & Analysis" Shmoop. com. Shmoop University, Inc. , 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.

The Southern States 1. What states are considered southern states? 2. What kind of climate and geography would you find in the South? 3. How is the southern accent different from the way you speak?

The Jim Crow Laws Examples "It shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each other at any game of pool or billiards. " This selection is an example of a Jim Crow law that was effective in the state of Alabama from the late 19 th century to the early 20 th century.

The purpose of these laws: Jim Crow laws functioned to keep black and white people separated, particularly in social settings and social institutions such as marriage. The states and cities were allowed to punish people who went against these laws.

Subjects of the Jim Crow Laws: Marriage Hospitalization Barbering Toilets Buses Restaurants Beer & Wine Baseball Burial Schools, teaching, libraries Prison

The Mockingbird:

What is a mockingbird? A long-tailed thrush like songbird with grayish plumage, found mainly in tropical America and noted for its mimicry of the calls and songs of other birds.