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1 Of Mice and Men Aim: Can I identify Steinbeck’s historical context? Do Now: Before/After Reading Activity

2 1. About the Author: John Steinbeck  His books are set in California and deal with problems of working people.  Characters in his books are immigrants from Mexico or from other parts of the U.S. who went to CA looking for work or a better life  (The American Dream). Born in Salinas, California 1902-1968

3 2. Setting Salinas Valley, CA *Farmland

4 Time period of Story: 1930’s THE GREAT DEPRESSION

5  Dust Bowl- Tons of topsoil were blown off barren fields and carried in storm clouds for hundreds of miles.

6 Many lost their farms because they could not produce any crops. People decided to abandon their farms and go in search of work.

7 The Wall Street Crash of 1929  deepest economic depression the depression the nation had ever known.  It lasted until 1939.  Effects: business bankruptcies, bank closings, farm foreclosures, and massive unemployment.

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9 3. Migrant Farm Workers  farm worker/Harvester= someone who gathers a crop  People, especially men, traveled the countryside harvesting crops.  The main characters, George and Lennie, are migrant farm workers.

10 Why did people MIGRATE ?

11  Lost their jobs  No Money  Lost their farms

12 4. The American Dream  The American Dream= people that come to America in search of a better life. *How do you reach the American Dream? What do you want to accomplish?

13 Freedom Money/Wealth Education Home

14 However, for many the dream became a nightmare.  No Jobs= No Money= No food

15 5. Poem??? The best laid schemes* o’ mice and men Often go wrong And leave us nought* but grief* and pain For promised joy! *schemes= set out plan *nought= with nothing but *grief=sorrow/sadness 1.What is this poem about? Summarize it in 2-3 sentences. 2.How might this poem be related to the book (Of Mice and Men)?

16 5. Poem???  The title of the novel comes from a poem by the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759 -96) The best laid schemes o’ mice and men Gang aft agley [often go wrong] And leave us nought but grief and pain For promised joy! The best laid schemes of mice and men often go wrong- referring to a little mouse who had so carefully built her burrow in a field to protect herself and her little mice babies – and the burrow is turned over and destroyed by the man plowing.

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