TOPIC: RANCH LIFE (Language Arts, History):

Understanding ranch life in the 1920s/1930s and the migrant ranch experience from that period, and today, are both essential for understanding the novel. ... A hill-rancher would need to begin the journey at 5 a.m. just to make it back home by 10 p.m. Families living on hill ranches were reliant on supplies that could only be acquired in town ... ................
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