1930's Webquest Monday January 7th- Freshman

You are about to embark on a Webquest to discover what life was like in the 1930s. Of Mice and Men is
set in California during the Great Depression. It follows two migrant workers, George and Lennie, as they
struggle to fulfill their dreams. In order to better understand their plight, you will be exploring several
websites to increase your background knowledge before getting into the book. Check out the websites
listed below to help you answer the following questions. Websites

Migrant Workers:
http://www.neabigread.org/books/grapesofwrath/teachers/grapes_handout03.pdf
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fachap03.html
Dust Bowl/Great Depression:
http://www.neabigread.org/books/grapesofwrath/teachers/grapes_handout01.pdf
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rails/timeline/index.html
http://www.awesomestories.com/history/great‐depression/story‐preface
http://www.neabigread.org/books/grapesofwrath/grapes03_context.php
http://www.english.illinois.edu/MAPS/depression/photoessay.htm
Salinas Valley, California:
http://www.mtycounty.com/pgs‐misc/farmland.html
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/mice/cal2.html
http://www.salinas.com/
Questions
Answer the following questions after using the websites to conduct your research in a Word document
or on your own sheet of paper. You should have a well‐developed paragraph response for each
question. For each question, you should reference at least two of the sources to get all of the points.
1. What are the geographical features of the Salinas Valley? What kinds of jobs are available
there?
2. What were the main features of the Great Depression? (What are the basic, most important
facts?)
3. What were some of the causes of the Great Depression?
4. How did the Dust Bowl/Great Depression affect California?
5. Who were migrant workers and how did the Great Depression affect them?
6. What were some of the struggles that migrant workers faced?

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