Webquest – Of Mice and Men
Webquest – Of Mice and Men
1. Each group will have a Sociologist, Historian, Psychiatrist, and Biographer.
2. Closely examine the pages under your profession’s heading. Take notes on every site that you visit. (Do not forget to take note of the URL.)
3. DO NOT SEARCH ON THE OPEN WEB! Please stick to the web pages I have provided you.
4. Be prepared to focus what you have learned into one main opinion that answers the Big Question based on what you have learned.
Sociologists
Use the pages below to answer these questions specifically related to migrant workers and tenant farmers.
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 was the Dust Bowl? How did it effect migrant workers and tenant farmers?
• Migrant Labor in the United States
• Migrant Experience
• Tenant Farmers?
• More on Tenant Farmers
Even more on Tenant Farmers
• "Sunny Cal" and "I'd Rather Not Be On Relief" Song Lyrics
• Surviving the Dust Bowl
• More on the Dust Bowl
• More on the Dust Bowl
• Photos of Cotton Pickers in Arkansas
• Dorothea Lange Photographs
• Documenting America in Photos
Webquest – Of Mice and Men
1. Each group will have a Sociologist, Historian, Psychiatrist, and Biographer.
2. Closely examine the pages under your profession’s heading. Take notes on every site that you visit. (Do not forget to take note of the URL.)
3. DO NOT SEARCH ON THE OPEN WEB! Please stick to the web pages I have provided you.
4. Be prepared to focus what you have learned into one main opinion that answers the Big Question based on what you have learned.
Historians
Use the pages below to answer these questions specifically related to causes and effects of the Great Depression.
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 during this time?
5. What is the New Deal? Who created it and why is it significant?
• 1930's Timeline
• Great Depression
• Causes of the Great Depression
• The Great Depression
• Black Thursday
• Great Depression Info
• Great Depression Key Terms and People
• Oral History of the Great Depression
• Oral History of the Great Depression (done by teens)
• Photo Essay on the Great Depression
• Photos on the Great Depression
• Life in the 1930's photos
Webquest – Of Mice and Men
1. Each group will have a Sociologist, Historian, Psychiatrist, and Biographer.
2. Closely examine the pages under your profession’s heading. Take notes on every site that you visit. (Do not forget to take note of the URL.)
3. DO NOT SEARCH ON THE OPEN WEB! Please stick to the web pages I have provided you.
4. Be prepared to focus what you have learned into one main opinion that answers the Big Question based on what you have learned.
Psychiatrists
Use the pages below to answer these questions specifically related to causes and effects of Mental Disability.
1. What is a hereditary mental disability?
2. What is a caregiver and what difficulties do they face?
3. How were mentally disabled people seen in the 1930's? How are they seen today?
4. What is the role of friendship in caring for the mentally disabled?
5. What do mentally disabled people add to our society?
• Mental Retardation
• CDC on Intellectual Disability
• Facts and Figures about Mental Retardation
• NY Times Guide to Mental Retardation
• More on Mental Retardation
Healthcare Timeline
• Healthcare Timeline #2
• Caring for a Mentally Disabled Person
• Friendship and the Mentally Disabled
• Best Buddies
• 20th Century History of Mental Illness
• 1930's Mental Illness History
• 1930's Psychiatric Care
• Links from The Arc
• Novels About Disabilities
• Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• Films with Mentally Disabled characters
Webquest – Of Mice and Men
1. Each group will have a Sociologist, Historian, Psychiatrist, and Biographer.
2. Closely examine the pages under your profession’s heading. Take notes on every site that you visit. (Do not forget to take note of the URL.)
3. DO NOT SEARCH ON THE OPEN WEB! Please stick to the web pages I have provided you.
4. Be prepared to focus what you have learned into one main opinion that answers the Big Question based on what you have learned.
Biographers
Use the pages below to answer these questions specifically related to the life and background of John Steinbeck.
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 was John Steinbeck's relationship to the Salinas Valley?
4. What are the main industries of the Salinas Valley of that time period (1920s/1930s)? What type of produce is grown there?
5. Where are Weed, Salinas, and the Salinas River located? (print a map + label)
• Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State University
• National Steinbeck Center
• Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
• Steinbeck Biography
• Another Biography
• Oprah Biography of Steinbeck
• Steinbeck's Social Conscience
• Steinbeck Virtual Tour
• Steinbeck's Works
• The Farm, Salinas Valley
• Monterey County Farmlands
• Map
• John Steinbeck's Pacific Grove
• Setting and Significance
• Salinas Facts
WEBQUEST – Of Mice and Men
The Question:
What historical, geographic, and social issues influenced John Steinbeck to write Of Mice and Men?
Everyone in the class will become a sociologist, a historian, a psychiatrist, or a biographer and will make a presentation to the class which will include answers to the assigned questions.
Each group shall:
❖ be responsible for one “profession” of research
❖ be diligent in completing their portion of the project
❖ be precise and thorough in completing the posed questions
❖ participate fully in group discussions
❖ Each group member MUST HAVE a 6th and final works cited slide in MLA format
❖ Be responsible for constructing a 26 slide slideshow that addresses all 20 questions (between the four professions)
Research is designed to help all students be successful. Students will earn credit for their research, participation, and presentation to their peers.
This is a major project and will be graded as such. Lack of work and participation in class will earn a failing score for your portion of the assignment.
Go to the class website and click on the link for this assignment to access the websites I have provided you for research. mrsshumanenglish.
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