You will work in your groups to inquire into the shortlisted websites to answer the questions for each area:
SOCIOLOGISTS [ Monique, Justin, Angie & Hoi Kit] [Nicholas, Samantha & Ting Ting]
1. What is a migrant worker?
2. What is a tenant farmer?
3. Are there migrant workers or tenant farmers today? Describe the types of people they are and what kinds of lives they lead.
4. During the 1930's, why did workers want to come to California?
5. What were the living conditions of migrant workers in California?
6. How were migrant workers affected by the Great Depression?
7. What was the Dust Bowl? How did it effect migrant workers and tenant farmers?
For your visual aid, make a poster that represents migrant workers and tenant farmers today compared to in the 1930's.
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/business/migrant-labor.html
http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/index.php?id=228
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/osborn/world.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/migrants.html
https://www.loc.gov/collection/todd-and-sonkin-migrant-workers-from-1940-to-1941/about-this-collection/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/dustbowl-mass-exodus-plains/
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1583.html
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_02.html
http://faculty.washington.edu/gregoryj/dust%20bowl%20migration.htm
http://www.multimedialibrary.com/FramesML/IM13/IM13.asp
HISTORIANS [Diamond, Crystal, Raphael, Annette ] [YK, Heidi, Adrian & Anders]
1. What was the Great Depression? When did it occur?What events caused it? When did it end?
2. What was Black Thursday?
3. What problems did the Great Depression create?
4. How did people manage to live during this time?
5. What was 'The New Deal'?
For your visual aid, create a poster of photos that represents the people and main events of the Great Depression.
http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Timeline.htm
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/depression/terms.html
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm
http://history1900s.about.com/od/photographs/tp/greatdepressionpictures.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraid=14&smtid=1
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snprelief1.htm
PSYCHIATRISTS [ Arthur, Jasmine, Marcus, Reagan & Rebecca] [Eva, Sebbie, Yang & Bryan]
1.What is a mental disability?
2. How does a mental disability affect a person's every day life?
3. What is a caregiver and what difficulties do they face?
4. How were mentally disabled people seen in the 1930's? How are they seen today?
5. What is the role of friendship in caring for the mentally disabled?
6. What do mentally disabled people add to our society?
For the visual portion of your presentation, make a poster that represents what you have learned about the mentally disabled.
http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/mental-retardation.html
http://www.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/mental-retardation/overview.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/mental_retardation.aspx#5-1E1:mentalre-full
http://www.faqs.org/health/topics/37/Mental-retardation.html
http://mental-health-matters.com/caregiver-stress/
http://www.santegidio.org/en/solidarieta/disabili/hand_felicita.htm
http://www.toddlertime.com/advocacy/hospitals/Asylum/history-asylum.htm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/lobotomy3.htm
https://bestbuddies.org/
http://www.thearc.org/what-we-do/resources/fact-sheets/causes-and-prevention
BIOGRAPHERS [ Aidan, Dickson, Jasmine & Jade] [Bosco, Morgan, Victoria & Julian]
1. Present major facts about Steinbeck's life (birth, death, family life, children, wives, etc.)
2. What life experiences and jobs did he have that influenced his novels?
3. What social issues did Steinbeck frequently write about?
4. What philosophy of life is revealed in Steinbeck's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech?
5. What was John Steinbeck's relationship to the Salinas Valley?
6. What are the main industries of the Salinas Valley? What type of produce is grown there?
For the visual portion of your presentation, create a poster about Steinbeck's life and work. Include photos, drawings, art, and a map of the Salinas Valley.
http://www.93950.com/steinbeck/intro.htm
http://www.steinbeck.org/pages/steinbeck-country-app
http://www.sjsu.edu/steinbeck/biography/biography_steinbeck_country/
http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/John-Steinbecks-Biography
http://virtualtourproject.weebly.com/john-steinbeck.html
http://tours.wideanglevisualtours.com/public/vtour/display/470286?a=1
CRITICS
- What are the major themes addressed in the novel?
- Which characters are relevant to the theme/s in question 1? How?
- What are the minor themes addressed in the novel?
- Which characters are relevant to the theme/s in question 3? How?
- What important images or symbols are presented in the novel? What do they each signify?
- Identify the main features of Steinbeck’s literary style in the novel. Provide a brief explanation of the significance of each.
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/o/of-mice-and-men/critical-essays/structure-of-the-novel
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/o/of-mice-and-men/critical-essays/major-themes
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/o/of-mice-and-men/critical-essays/major-symbols
http://www.shmoop.com/of-mice-and-men/writing-style.html
http://www.shmoop.com/of-mice-and-men/symbolism-imagery.html
https://www.yorknotes.com/gcse/of-mice-and-men/study/language-structure/04000101_language
https://prezi.com/ranix6sygn3q/of-mice-and-men-language-structure-style/
Character Experts - Curly's Wife [ ] Click Here
1. Explain the relationships your character has in his/her life [Friendships, working relationships etc]
2. Explain the significance of the things he/she says and does with examples.
3. What do we infer about the character's traits from various events?
4. Did Steinbeck base your character on someone in real life?
5. What is this character's attitude towards other characters? Support with specific examples.
6. How does this character see himself/ herself?
7. How is this character perceived by other characters? Is he/she self aware?
For the visual portion of your presentation, make a poster that represents what you have learned about this character.
Character Experts - Slim [ ] Click here
1. Explain the relationships your character has in his/her life [Friendships, working relationships etc]
2. Explain the significance of the things he/she says and does with examples.
3. What do we infer about the character's traits from various events?
4. Did Steinbeck base your character on someone in real life?
5. What is this character's attitude towards other characters? Support with specific examples.
6. How does this character see himself/ herself?
7. How is this character perceived by other characters? Is he/she self aware?
For the visual portion of your presentation, make a poster that represents what you have learned about this character.
Character Experts - Crooks [ ] Click Here
1. Explain the relationships your character has in his/her life [Friendships, working relationships etc]
2. Explain the significance of the things he/she says and does with examples.
3. What do we infer about the character's traits from various events?
4. Did Steinbeck base your character on someone in real life?
5. What is this character's attitude towards other characters? Support with specific examples.
6. How does this character see himself/ herself?
7. How is this character perceived by other characters? Is he/she self aware?
For the visual portion of your presentation, make a poster that represents what you have learned about Crooks.