Of Mice and Men

What is real strength?  Is strength the same as power? Can a person be strong, but also vulnerable?  Who are the mice, and who are the "men" in our world?

Essential Concepts

Strength
Power
Vulnerability
Victims 
The Great Depression 
Share Cropping 
Home
Safety and Stability
Social and economic mobility

Ethical Issues

Who is guilty and who's a victim?
Racism
Class and ownership
Judgement and punishment
​The Law vs. Ethics

Vocabulary and Expressions

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Sharecropper children preparing for an Independence Day (July 4th) celebration, 1936.

Plantation owner with sharecroppers, by Dorothea Lange, 1930's

Toward Los Angeles, California, 1937. Photo by Dorothea Lange

California Sharecroppers, 1936

Wilson, Arkansas sharecroppers, circa 1940

Tractored Out, Childress County, Texas, 1938. Photo by Dorothea Lange

The Great Migration, 1930s- Photo by Dorothea Lange

The Salinas Valley, California

Sharecropper Bud Fields and his family, Hale County, Alabama, 1936 by Walker Evans

Oklahoma dust bowl, 1930s

Migrant Mother, 1936, by Dorothea Lange

John Steinbeck

Videos

Introduction to The Great Depression

From prosperity during the "roaring twenties" to desperation, poverty, hunger and migration in the 1930's, here's the story of the Great Depression.

The Great Depression, The Dust Bowl and the Great Migration

First the stock market crashed on Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929), then there was a severe drought that caused the Dust Bowl, which in turn caused the Great Migration.  Watch this video to learn more about it.

The Great Depression

This video is pretty funny because it's made for children and the children are actors, but it's actually very clear and informative.  Take a look to learn what the Great Depression was and how it happened!

Check out the links below to learn more about the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and the Great Migration:

Click Here to learn more about the Great Depression

Click Here to learn more about the Dust Bowl and the Great Migration

Draw a comic showing what happened in the United States between the 1920s and the early 1940s.

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Make a series of small drawings illustrating: 

​1) The Roaring Twenties

2) Black Tuesday (the stock market crash of 1929)

3) Poverty and unemployment

4) The Drought and the Dust Bowl

5) The Great Migration

6) President Roosevelt's New Deal

7) World War II and economic recovery

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