Setting: Of Mice and Men

What is setting? Take a look at this picture and then take a look on the internet for pictures from The Great Depression. How do these visual examples of the setting of OMAM make you feel about what George and Lennie were going through.

Please post some pictures in addition to your written response.

Joanna... According to J'Wan

"Now Joanna... Yea, there's just something wrong with her."

Dig a little deeper into Steinbeck and OMAM

Please copy and paste the following questions into a new post and complete for homework:

1. What is a novella?

2. What was the Great Depression?

3. What were some of the causes of the Great Depression?

4. What is a migrant worker?

5. Do migrant workers exist today? Where? What kinds of jobs do they have?

What do you know about John Steinbeck??

Please copy and paste the following questions into your new blog post and then answer each one after researching answers online. Don't forget to use complete sentences!

1. What was John Steinbeck’s relationship to the Salinas Valley?
2. List five major facts about Steinbeck’s life.
3. What influenced Steinbeck to write the novella, Of Mice and Men?
4. What are the other major works written by Steinbeck?
5. What is the Steinbeck Award? Who are some of the recipients of the Steinbeck Award? What is the purpose of the award

Light up the Darkness!

Watch this clip from I am Legend and spend a few minutes reflecting on what is said.

Blog: We have spent a great deal of time this year studying about how people have worked to make the world a better place. In your posts today please describe how (1) someone from our readings; (2) someone that you know personally; and (3) you have made an effort to "light up the darkness." You should have at least one paragraph for each!

Don Haskins!

How did Don Haskins "think different?" Be specific! In what ways can YOU show the same type of courage that he did?

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Take a look!

Look at what some of these students are doing with technology in their classrooms:

- Monik Pamecha from Mumbai, India is "trying to change the world, starting with the Internet. Monik has over 17,000 followers on Twitter (http://twitter.com/monikkinom) and his website (www.etiole.com) is filled with timely articles and posts about his passion, technology.

-Ryan Hreljac, who, after learning in 1st grade that millions of people around the world were without clean drinking water, raised $70 as a 7-year-old. Now, 12 years later, he heads Ryan's Well, which has raised millions of dollars and brough clean water to hundres of thousands of people primarily through the fundraising done on his website (www.ryanswell.ca) and Facebook page (www.facebook.com/pages/Ryans-Well-Foundation/233569828371)

- Tavi Gevinson started blogging at The Style Rookie (http://thestylerookie.com) at 11 years old; at 14, she now has a huge following of 50,000 daily readers around her passion for fashion.

Think Different!

Please choose a person that we have read about this year who changed the world by thinking "different." Were they crazy, rebellious, troublemakers? How did they change things? What did they do to push the human race forward?

How do you want to change the world? What do you need to do in order to accomplish that?

{Extra Credit! Can you identify five people that were featured in this video clip?}

Due Monday, February 14th

Happy Valentine's Day!!

On your blogs, please post a one paragraph response to the following prompt: "How did William Wilburforce embody the quote by Gandhi about 'being the change you wish to see in the world?'"

Welcome!

Due by Wednesday, February 9:
Create your first blog by responding to the following:
View this clip: Henry Louis Gates arrested! and explain the social implications of Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s arrest. What does it say about race issues in the U.S.?