Webquest
Webquest give you an opportunity to learn more about the setting, the times and more insight into the text.
Webquest #1 - Of Mice and Men
This web quest will cover the topic of women, African - Americans and the intellectually disabled.
Use the graphic organizer to help you gather information.
You are expected to read each article and take notes, they are also available in paper packets, and use the graphic organizer.
Women in the 1930s:
1. Click on the link "Women in the 1930s"
2. Read the article. Read each page (1930s, 40s, 50s, all the way to 1990s)
3. In the graphic organizer, write now event that you found interesting for each decade 1930-1990's.
4. Think about how laws and attitudes towards women have changed since the 1930's - use the graphic organizer.
African Americans in the 1930s :
1. Click on the link "African Americans in the 1930s"
2. Read the article. Complete the section in the graphic organizer.
3. Click on the link "Scotcoborro Boys" to learn more about this trial
4. Using the graphic organizer, write a paragraph explaining what life was like in the 1930s for an African American. Be sure to cite quotes from the text - highlight your quotes.
Intellectual Disability
1. Click on the link for "Intellectual Disability" and read the article. Use the graphic organizer.
Webquest #1 - Of Mice and Men
This web quest will cover the topic of women, African - Americans and the intellectually disabled.
Use the graphic organizer to help you gather information.
You are expected to read each article and take notes, they are also available in paper packets, and use the graphic organizer.
Women in the 1930s:
1. Click on the link "Women in the 1930s"
2. Read the article. Read each page (1930s, 40s, 50s, all the way to 1990s)
3. In the graphic organizer, write now event that you found interesting for each decade 1930-1990's.
4. Think about how laws and attitudes towards women have changed since the 1930's - use the graphic organizer.
African Americans in the 1930s :
1. Click on the link "African Americans in the 1930s"
2. Read the article. Complete the section in the graphic organizer.
3. Click on the link "Scotcoborro Boys" to learn more about this trial
4. Using the graphic organizer, write a paragraph explaining what life was like in the 1930s for an African American. Be sure to cite quotes from the text - highlight your quotes.
Intellectual Disability
1. Click on the link for "Intellectual Disability" and read the article. Use the graphic organizer.