You are about to embark on a journey of understanding of what it was like to be a migrant worker in the Salinas valley of California during the 1930's, during the great depression. John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men as a vehicle to express his social conscience about the period. Of Mice and Men is a novel about poverty and dreams, friendship and loneliness, and despair and hope. Through the memorable characters of George and Lennie, Steinbeck paints a portrait of enduring friendship that you won't soon forget. In order to help you to understand the context of the novel and how it still resonates today, you are about to embark on a Webquest that will lay the ground work for a deeper understanding of this simple, yet profound story.

 

Working with a partner, you will need to choose between the two options listed below.  Your task is to answer the questions below, take notes from the various websites, and keep track of which sites you get obtain information. This is about note taking, not cutting and pasting.

 

Your information will be presented in the form of a six panel brochure using microsoft publisher. You have a limited amount of space for the project, so your writing will have to be succinct, include appropriate images, and list addresses for the websites you use.

 

Check out the assignment?s main page in order to access the assignment rubric.

 

Option A

 

 

Option B