1. Do Now: take out a new page of notes.
Think of a time something didn’t turn out the way you had hoped. Be prepared to share!

2. Objective: to gain knowledge behind Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men
November 2, 2017
Objective: to gain knowledge behind Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men
Opening: meditation, return
free write packets
Work Period: John Steinbeck
background, The Great Depression review
Closing: “To A Mouse”

3. Homework Bring copy of Of Mice and Men
Vocab assignments Monday, quiz Tuesday

4. 1 Minute Meditation

5. John Steinbeck
Born in Salinas, California; started writing at age 14
Always had great appreciation for the land
In 1919, Steinbeck enrolled in Stanford University, dropped out for good in 1925 without a degree
Moved to NYC to become a freelance writer, soon moved back to California and wrote several novels and collections of short stories
Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath, about a family from Oklahoma attempting to start a new life in California during the Great Depression
Won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception"
Died of heart disease in NYC

6. What do you already know about The Great Depression?

7. The Great Depression
Began in 1929, lasted to the beginning of WWII in 1939 (worst years between )
Herbert Hoover was President at the start, FDR was elected in 1933
Causes: weak banking system, overproduction, crash on Wall Street in 1929
Employment rate was 25% between
Almost half of US children did not have proper food, housing, or medical care
Dust storms/droughts in 1930s made the Great Depression even worse, causing many farmers to abandon their land
About 750,000 farms were lost, crime became a common way of life

8. “To A Mouse” Underline the phrase that inspired our novel!