Columbus North High School

Let's begin the webquest...

REMEMBER:

You need to understand this information.  Unless you are specifically
requested to copy the information directly from the website, you should read
the information and then put it into your own words on your answer sheet.

You may be directed to look at more than one site to answer a specific
question.  If so, read the information on both sites to get complete
information for your answer.

If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask.  Let's begin...

"Of Mice and Men"

Question 1 - find out where the title, "Of Mice and Men," came from.
http://www.phrases.org.uk//meanings/62050.html

Question 2 - find out about the Great Depression (you will have to click
another link when you get to this page)
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/depres24.html#

Question 3-5: Find out about what life was like for men, women, and
African-American women during the Great Depression.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snprelief1.htm

Question 6 - find out what caused so many people to lose their jobs.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/PRINT/document/exodus/exodus.html

Question 7:  Find out where people went to find work.  (You will need to look
at both websites!)
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade30.html

Question 7 - continued
http://library.thinkquest.org/C007481/1930.htm

Question 8:  Find out what can be grown in the Salinas Valley in California. 
(You will need to look at both websites.)
http://www.mtycounty.com/pgs-misc/farmland.html

Question 8 - continued
http://www.thefarm-salinasvalley.com/ourarea.html

Question 9 - Find out about migrant workers.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html

Question 10 - Find out about migrant workers in 2006.
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/migrants.html

Question 11:  Find out about the mentally ill in the 1930s.  (You will need to
look at both websites.)
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/exhibits/quest/treatment/1930-1950.asp

Question 11 - continued
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/exhibits/quest/treatment/1930-1966.asp

Questions 12-13:  Find out more information about the mentally ill in the 1930s.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/exhibits/quest/treatment/1900-1960.asp

Question 14 - Find out about Steinbeck's life.
http://www.steinbeck.org/SSalinas.html

Are you finished?

Check your work to make sure that your answers are complete.  If you are sure
your are finished, turn in your worksheet and tell Mrs. Culp!