| What are the geographical features of the Salinas Valley in California? | It is in the Gabalin and Santa Lucia Mountain Ranges, and is fertile and green. |
| What kinds of jobs are available here? | It is mostly agricultural, with manual labor and canning factories. |
| What was John Steinbeck’s relationship to the Salinas Valley? | It is where he grew up. |
| What was the Great Depression? | The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that lasted from October 29 1929-1940. |
| What were some of the causes? | Stock market crashed, buying on credit, high tariffs, and unequal distribution of wealth. |
| Who were the migrant workers and how were they affected by the Great Depression? | They were people coming from the Midwest/dust bowl trying to find work. They had moved place to place and were given low pay. |
| Do migrant workers exist today? Where? What kinds of jobs do they have? | They are found in the agricultural industry picking crops. We rely on them to pick our crops and cut our lawns because they work for less than nothing. |
| What is a mental disability and how does it affect a person’s everyday life? | Being unable to think normal and carry out normal chores. |
| What are some of the difficulties in caring for a mentally disabled person? | Persistence, patience, and determination. Physically and emotionally demanding. |
| What kinds of support are available for caregivers? | Daycare “school”, free transportation, NAMI, specific educational programs and group homes. |
| What is the role of friendship in caring for the mentally disabled? | Being there for the special needs when they need help and being able to socialize with them. |
| Present the major facts about Steinbeck’s life. Short timeline. | Born in Salinas, California in 1902. Irish and German Ancestry. Father was an Accountant and Mother was a teacher. |
| What philosophy of life is revealed in Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech? | People should be spending time to learn and understand people around. |
| What influenced Steinbeck to write Of Mice and Men? | Friendship between two migrant workers. |
English 3: Of Mice and Men – Webquest (Geography, Sociology, Psychiatry, and Biology)
April 29, 2020