Of Mice and Men s9

Of Mice and MenBy John Steinbeck

WEB QUEST

Introduction

We are at the beginning of this great piece of literature. In order to understand this book about loneliness, friendship, dreams, and tragedy, we need to dig deeper into the time period in which it was written.

Task: Your task, working in pairs, is to research ONE topic that relates to the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. The information that you attain will help you better understand the book as we read. You will:

· Collect data and pictures, record your findings, organize info

· Create and organizea PowerPoint presentation.

· Make sure that the design and layout is consistent and attractive. Remember your slide show is a guide to what you will be presenting. Information on your slides should be brief and in bulleted format.

· You have one class period in the ICT lab to do this.

Process:

For each topic, you must answer each question provided. Use the sites provided to guide your research.

Geography

1. What are the geographical features of the Salinas Valley in California?
2. What type of work was available?
3. What was John Steinbeck's relationship to the Salinas Valley?

http://www.thefarm-salinasvalley.com/ourarea.html

http://www.mtycounty.com/pgs-misc/farmland.html

http://www.newi.ac.uk/englishresources/workunits/ks4/fiction/ofmicemen/llshort/factsheet.html

Great Depression

1. What was the Great Depression?2. What were some of the causes?

3. What were the results?

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade30.html

http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/depression/causes.html

http://www.indianchild.com/the_great_depression.htm

Migrant Workers

1. Who were the migrant workers?

2. How were they affected by the Great Depression?

3. Do migrant workers exist today? Where? What kinds of jobs do they have?

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html

http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/migrants.html

http://www.newi.ac.uk/englishresources/workunits/ks4/fiction/ofmicemen/llshort/factsheet.html

Mental Retardation

1. What causes mental retardation?

2. What are characteristics of a mentally retarded person?

3. How does it affect their everyday life?
4. What are some of the difficulties in caring for a mentally retarded person? What are ways we can help?

http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/birth_defect/mental_retardation.html

http://www.santegidio.org/en/solidarieta/disabili/hand_felicita.htm

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/specialneeds/mental.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_retardation

Conclusion

You’ve just crossed the finish Line! Congratulations!

Save the ppt onto a flashdrive, or e-mail it to

You will present it to the class next lesson.

If you are intrigued to learn more about Steinbeck’s great book, check out the site below.

http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/mice.html