John Steinbeck's America - September 15, 2006

One of the nicest features of the Webquest format is that teachers can create a unit that is either very simple or extremely robust. Today's featured webquest takes the "robust" route: TITLE: John Steinbeck's America AUTHOR: Multiple (Nanuet, NY) LINK: Link to *John Steinbeck* Webquest This Webquest will provide students with background information for the world in which John Steinbeck, and his characters in Of Mice and Men lived - the United States of America in the 1930's. By the end of the project the students will have developed a better understanding of the numerous problems that confronted Americans during that decade. The webquest explores the history and culture of the 1930s, the Dust Bowl, perceptions of mental retardation across history, migrant workers, and the author (John Steinbeck). The task requires that students work in groups, and the final performance is a classroom presentation (in one of six formats). This is another webquest with DOZENS of links ... but if you want more, check out the K12 Station Depression Era Library and the K12 Station New Deal Era Library.