English+9+Of+Mice+and+Men


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The Tasks: ** ** As you travel through this novel, here are some of the things that you will accomplish: ** ** 1st → Create a power point presentation about the author, John Steinbeck ** 

Power Point is worth 150 points!  __//A minimum of 10 to 15 slides is required Due Friday 12/04/09//__  John Steinbeck's Biograghy:  http://www.steinbeck.org/Bio.html  Back ground for time period:  http://www.museum.siu.edu/museum_classroom_grant/Museum_Explorers/school_pages/bourbonnais/page4.htm  2nd  → <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 324%; text-align: center;">Create a second Power Point that follows the directions Under TASK found at this site <span style="color: #d12415; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%; text-align: center;"> http://www.melazerte.com/library/ofmiceandmen/task.htm <span style="color: #d12415; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">

<span style="color: #ff0600; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 393.75%; text-align: center;">Exceptions: <span style="color: #220202; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 216%; text-align: center;"> We are creating a power point presentation NOT a collage!!! <span style="color: #220202; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #d12415; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> IGNORE THE LAST 2 BULLETS <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 216%; text-align: center;">Black History during the Great Depression <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #da1fe5; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: center;">h <span style="color: #c700ff; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: center;">ttp://www.fcps.edu/westspringfieldhs/projects/im98/im985/topics/depress.htm <span style="color: #dd10f4; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: center;">[|http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug99/sarratt/sarratt/blacks.html] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">

<span style="color: #ff6600; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 29.484pt; text-align: center;">This second Power Point is also worth 150 points! Due 12/11/09

<span style="color: #b537d7; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 44.226pt; text-align: center;">3rd <span style="color: #b537d7; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 29.484pt; text-align: center;"> - You will complete the WebQuest found at the site below <span style="color: #ff6600; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 29.484pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #d8f051; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 29.484pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #ff6600; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 29.484pt; text-align: center;">http://www.geocities.com/thalensteinbeckwebquest/index.html <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 29.484pt; text-align: center;"> Completed Web Quest is due on Friday 1/08/2010 and is worth an additional 150 points!!!

You will also: ** Vocabulary: [|http://www.jlc.net/~rwright/pages/OMM.html#CV] ** <span style="color: #891a1a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">** Quizes: http://www.gradesaver.com/of-mice-and-men/study-guide/quiz1/ http://www.gradesaver.com/of-mice-and-men/study-guide/quiz2/ http://www.gradesaver.com/of-mice-and-men/study-guide/quiz3/ http://www.gradesaver.com/of-mice-and-men/study-guide/quiz4/ Additional Info: http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/mice/index.html ** [|**http://www.shmoop.com/intro/literature/john-steinbeck/of-mice-and-men.html**] **The American Experience Surviving the Dust Bowl Interview Transcripts** [|**http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/filmmore/reference/interview/index.html**] Administration Collection: An Overview** [|**http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.html**] University of North Carolina Press. May, 1939 [**[|**http://newdeal.feri.org/texts/477.htm**]**] {Nov. 23, 2003] How the Depression Affected Children** [|**http://newdeal.feri.org/eleanor/er2a.htm**] [|**http://newdeal.feri.org/library/7_31.htm**] Administration - Office of War Information Photographers** [|**http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/085_disc.html**]
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 206.25%;">** Identify and understand literary devices such as: setting, theme, historical fiction, foreshadowing, motive, flat character, and round character. **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Explain the 4 main themes found in the story. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
 * ** Test knowledge by completing quizes and a written test. **
 * The American Experience Surviving the Dust Bowl An Eyewitness Account**[|**http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/sfeature/eyewitness.html**]
 * Background to Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck**[|**http://www.englishresources.co.uk/workunits/ks4/fiction/ofmicemen/llshort/factsheet.html**]
 * Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" Photographs in the Farm Security
 * Hicks, Mary A., and Willis S. Harrison . "You're Gonna Have Lace Curtains"
 * New Deal Network Photo Gallery**
 * Of Mice and Men The Student Survival Guide**[|**http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/mice/**]
 * Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination: Documentation by Farm Security