Watercolour of a small-town street at sunset seen from a porch, illustrating why teach To Kill a Mockingbird
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Why Teach To Kill a Mockingbird: A Novel About Learning to See Each Other

Beyond its themes and its place in the canon, To Kill a Mockingbird teaches something rarer: how to truly know another person — by first being willing to love them. A literature teacher’s case for why the novel is still worth reading, and worth teaching, and how to give it the depth it deserves.