The Great Depression and Of Mice and Men
Making Connections
About this Activity
- Created by:Beth Gannon
- Historical Era:The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
- Thinking Skill:Historical Analysis & Interpretation
- Bloom's Taxonomy:Analyzing
Students are using documents from The Great Depression to predict how two men, such as George and Lenny from Of Mice and Men, looking for jobs during the time period might feeling and what they might be experiencing.
https://docsteach.org/activities/student/the-great-depression-and-of-mice-and-menDocuments in this activity
- Civilian Conservation Corps enrollee engaged in tree planting- part of the reforestation program caried on by the Corps
- Depression: Unemployed: the Unemployed Union: Marchers south on Broadway: Camden New Jersey typical scene reflecting large population of unemployed in desperate need of work and looking for jobs
- Letter from L. L. Day and Others to the Honorable James A. Farley
- Western Dress Factory in Millville, New Jersey
- Anxious Depositors
- Photographs of Arvin Camp parents with children, who are having height and weight measured
- Soup Kitchen During the Depression
- Unemployed, Destitute Man Leaning Against Vacant Store: Photo by Dorothea Lange