Directions: You will research the following topics: John Steinbeck, Monterey County, Salinas Valley, and Farmers and the Great Depression. You will use the following websites to complete your research and then answer the following questions after each topic. John Steinbeck:
When and where was John Steinbeck born? Die?
Where did Steinbeck go to college? Years attended? Did he graduate?
What experience helped Steinbeck portray the lives of workers?
What important topics does Steinbeck raise in his writings?
What 3 books are Steinbeck’s signature works? What problems do they all address? Why did he pick these topics to write about?
What two important awards did Steinbeck receive for his writings?
OF MICE AND MEN by JOHN STEINBECK
Directions: You will research the following topics: John Steinbeck, Monterey County, Salinas Valley, and Farmers and the Great Depression. You will use the following websites to complete your research and then answer the following questions after each topic.
John Steinbeck:
- When and where was John Steinbeck born? Die?
- Where did Steinbeck go to college? Years attended? Did he graduate?
- What experience helped Steinbeck portray the lives of workers?
- What important topics does Steinbeck raise in his writings?
- What 3 books are Steinbeck’s signature works? What problems do they all address? Why did he pick these topics to write about?
- What two important awards did Steinbeck receive for his writings?
- In what other form did Of Mice and Men appear?
http://www.americanwriters.org/writers/steinbeck.asphttp://www.steinbeck.org/MainFrame.html
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/hasrg/ablit/amerlit/steinbeck.html
http://www.93959.com/steinbeck/john.htm
http://www.mchsmuseum.com/steinbeckchronology.html
http://us.imdb.com/M/person-biography?Steinbeck%2C%20John
Monterey County, Salinas Valley:
- Where is Salinas County located?
- What is Monterey County’s nickname?
- Why was the Salinas Valley a good place for farmers to migrate to in the 1930’s?
- How did people travel (to California) during the 1930’s?
- What does Soledad mean?
- What are some of the agricultural products produced in Soledad?
- What makes the Salinas River so special?
http://www.beachcalifornia.com/soled.htmlhttp://mtycounty.com/pgs-misc/salinas-river.html
http://www.salinaschamber.com
http://www.pbs.org/fmc/interviews/brinkley.htm
Farmers and The Great Depression
- Why were farmers forced to migrate to California? What were some of the benefits for the farmers in California?
- What were the migrants called? Why?
- Was California the “promised land of the migrant’s dream?” Explain.
- What did migrants do to maintain a steady income?
- How did WWII help the working conditions of some of the migrant workers?
- How did President Herbert Hoover further damage the conditions of the farming community?
- What did President Roosevelt do to help the farming community? Do you think this was a good decision? Explain.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.htmlhttp://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/mice/migartcl.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/peopleevents/pandeAMEX08.html
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USArooseveltF.htm