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Transcript: English Pre-Ap Asia Johnson The Confederate hero and Civil War general Thomas Johnathan “Stonewall” Jackson. He was raised by his uncle when both his mother and father died. In 1842 he went to the U.S. Military Academy as a lieutenant in the Mexican War. When the Mexican War was over, he went to serve at Ft. Columbia and Ft. Hamilton. His nickname “Stonewall” came from Gen Bee who said “There is Jackson standing like a stone wall.” After he died from pneumonia on May 10, 1863 leaving everything, he died behind he was labeled as America’s greatest general. Source/Context Stonewall Jackson (People) Novel: Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: HarperCollins, 2002. Research: "Thomas Jonathan Jackson." Encyclopedia of World Biography, Gale, 1998. Student Resources In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1631003311/SUIC?u=j020908001&sid=SUIC&xid=e371c990. Accessed 4 Oct. 2018. Citations Title “Now in 1864, when Stonewall Jackson came around by-I beg your pardon, young folks.” (87) Quote From Novel Title To talk about history and how some/most of the characters in the book was so poor around that time. Effect/Insight Title In 1924 an actor named Alvin “Shipwreck” Kelly sat on a flagpole for 13 hours. It became to be a competition on who can sit on it the longest, Kelly thought he needed to get back on top of the record. Once the Great Depression hit the competition died down but when it was a thing it was popular while it lasted. Source/Context Man who sat on a flagpole (pop culture) Novel: Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: HarperCollins, 2002. Research: "The 1920s Lifestyles and Social Trends: Topics in the News." UXL American Decades, edited by Julie L. Carnagie, et al., vol. 3: 1920-1929, UXL, 2003, pp. 92-104. Student Resources In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3436900149/SUIC?u=j020908001&sid=SUIC&xid=aa417ee7. Accessed 4 Oct. 2018. Citations Title “Atticus kept us in fits that evening, gravely reading the columns of print about a man who sat on a flagpole for no discernible reason, which was reason enough for Jem to spend the following Saturday aloft in the treehouse.” (35) Quote From Novel Title Just referring to what the man was reading in the newspaper when he was sitting on the flagpole. Effect/Insight Title
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