Wednesday, April 16, 2008

US History HW for Fri 04/18 and Mon 04/21

Period 6: 1920s DBQ due on Friday!

Periods 2 and 5: Socratic Seminar preparation (see below)

1. Tell the story of the Dust Bowl from the point of view of:
• A farmer who migrated to California
• A farmer who remained in the Midwest

2. What was the human toll of the Great Depression, as described in the sources?

3. What were the social and economic impact of migrants on California?

4. P. 349 of The Grapes of Wrath (especially the last sentence): what does Steinbeck mean? Why might this novel have been controversial?

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