For example: To Kill a Mockingbird

The seventh grade at my school teaches "To Kill a Mockingbird" (thank god) so I will get to read it every year and get all choked up as I read the final chapter aloud to the students and they get to see their teacher cry (kind of...maybe).

Here are some of the links I shared with colleagues...

First is an episode of the Diane Rehm Show:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-06-16/readers-review-kill-mockingbird-harper-lee


Three guests plus callers discuss the books lasting impact. Great for teachers, some clips great for students...

This is a story about parties planned for the 50th Anniversary of the Book, and how their will most likely be one person missing from the festivities:


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/books/25mock.html?scp=1&sq=mockingbird&st=cse


Of course, the New York Times Learning Network Blogs are outstanding resources:

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/50-years-of-to-kill-a-mockingbird/?scp=2&sq=mockingbird&st=cse


There are over 40 links on this site alone.