Of Mice and Men PBL Instructions and LibGuide

Mrs. Whitham
English 9

Project Based Learning (PBL) Multimedia Poster
The Great Depression and the setting Of Mice and Men

Guiding Question: How did the following people, institutions or events impact The Great Depression?

Stock Market Crash of 1929

New Deal/ Work Progress Administration

Dust Bowl/1930 Migrant Workers/Okies
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
John Steinbeck

Common Core Anchor Standards for English Language Arts

Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze development; summarize the key supporting details.
Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, asses the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.

Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.

Directions: In order to gain background knowledge of the setting in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, your team members will research a political or economic concern of the Great Depression and create a multimedia Glogster poster. The poster must represent what you have learned about the topic as well as explain how the topic was affected by the Great Depression. When finished, your team will present the online poster to the class. In addition to books, you are limited to using the following subscription databases and online sources for your research. NO WIKIPEDIA! A works cited list with a minimum of five sources is also required.

Each person in the group must collect and explain how the following information is significant to your topic as well as how it is affected to the Great Depression. Use the attached sheets to take your notes and write the sources for the works cited page. The notes will be collected and is part of your grade.

   
Ten most important facts/events/accomplishments

  Two quotes with explanations

 A poem or music lyrics from the era that relate to your topic

 Two vocabulary words or expressions unique to your topic

  One chart , graph, or map with explanation

 Three photos with explanation

 A paragraph or two that explains how the your impacted the Great Depression

LibGuide for Great Depression Poster
Use the following resources to find information on the topic.

Digital Library Subscription Resources (Minimum of three resources must be found through the Digital Library) http://tinyurl.com/a5czner

ABC –CLIO
Associated Press (AP) Images
Britannica – High School
Facts on File – American History Online
Facts on File – Bloom’s Literary Reference Online (Steinbeck and Of Mice and Men)
Gale Databases – Biography in Context (FDR, Hoover and Steinbeck)
Gale Literature Resource Center (Steinbeck and Of Mice and Men)
Maps101 – History
Salem Press History

Authoritative Websites

Stock Market Crash of 1929

PBS
Concise summary of the U.S. stock market crash of 1929, including the events leading up to the crash and the effect of the crash on the economy. Also includes links to interviews with two history professors about the 1929 crash and related topics.
http://www.pbs.org/fmc/timeline/estockmktcrash.htm

Britannica Free Online Encyclopedia
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/566754/stock-market-crash-of-1929

New Deal/Work Progress Administration

Selected Library of Congress Resources
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/newdeal/

History Channel
http://www.history.com/topics/new-deal

Broward County Library WPA webpage
http://www.broward.org/library/bienes/lii10204.htm

1930 Migrant Workers/Okies/Dust Bowl

California State University Dust Bowl Archives
http://www.csub.edu/library/special/dustbowl/dustbowl.shtml

Official Woody Guthrie Web site
http://www.woodyguthrie.org/

Voices from the Dust Bowl
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/

Migrant Workers: Photographer Dorothea Lange
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fachap03.html

Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
http://www.hoover.archives.gov/info/HooverBio.html or http://www.ecommcode.com/hoover/hooveronline/

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)

Internet Public Library’s List of resources
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/fdroosevelt.html  

John Steinbeck

Center for Steinbeck Studies
http://as.sjsu.edu/steinbeck/index.jsp

Steinbeck Institute
http://www.steinbeckinstitute.org/index.html