Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Of Mice and Men

Who wrote Of Mice and Men?
John Stienbeck


What is a novella?
A novella is a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a novel.

What was the Great Depression?
A world wide economic downturn beginning on wall street in 1929.

What were some of the causes of the Great Depression?
stock market crash, the dust bowl, production shortages, consumer shortages.
What is a migrant worker?
A person who migrates from region of a country to another searching for employment.

Do migrant workers exist today? Where? what kinds of jobs do they have?
Recent estimates by the U.S. Department of Labor suggest that approximately 1.3 million U.S. citizens migrate between states, earning their living by working in the agricultural industry. They usually work in the western states.

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