8/27: Class Exploration

Let's explore the world through Scout's eyes. She says, "I [Scout] knew nothing except what I gathered from Time magazine and reading anything I could lay my hands on at home" (Lee 33).

Click on your group's Life Magazine link and consider the following as you scan the pages:

• What is explicitly stated about life during this time period? What topics and events are specifically discussed in this issue of Life? What can you say without question is happening socially, economically and politically?
• What is implicitly suggested about this time period? Look beyond the articles and examine the advertisements too. What is implied? What messages might these images, articles and advertisements communicate to Scout?
• What inferences can you make about life, gender roles, race relations, and America during this time period?
• Group 1: November 23, 1936
• Group 2: November 30, 1936 
• Group 3: December 14, 1936
• Group 4: January 4, 1937
• Group 5: January 11, 1937
• Group 6: March 1, 1937
• Group 7: March 22, 1937
• Group 8: April 19, 1937

As a group, write at least 3 clearly stated inferences (each on its own virtual post-it note) based on your exploration of Time Magazine and post them to your class Padlet Wall. Use the camera function to add any poignant pictures to the Padlet wall (by taking a screenshot of your iPad or device screen).

• Zagros Padlet Wall
• Atlas Padlet Wall
• Qinling Padlet Wall