THE NEW DEAL AND PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HELPED PEOPLE LIKE THE JOADS

WE ENDED THE GRAPES OF WRATH TODAY. WE LEARNED HOW THE JOAD FAMILY STARTED TO SPLIT UP AFTER ALL THE PROBLEMS THEY HAD AND THEY ENDED IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT STARTED PROGRAMS IN THE NEW DEAL TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE THE JOADS WHO WERE AFFECTED BY THE GREAT DEPRESSION. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAD A GREAT IMPACT ON IMPROVING THE LIVES OF POOR PEOPLE. IN NYC, WE HAVE MANY BUILDINGS AND PARKS CREATED BY THE WPA...NAME ROADS, BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, OR ANYTHING ELSE WHICH HAS ROOSEVELT'S NAME.

FARMERS ASSOCIATION AND GROWING AGITATION AMONG THE FARM WORKERS

WHAT IS A UNION? HOW DID THEY GET STARTED? LOOK ONLINE AND WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT HOW AND WHERE DID UNIONS GET STARTED? WHY DO WE NEED UNIONS? WHAT UNIONS DO WE KNOW?

THE JOADS LEARN THAT GOOD JOBS ARE NOT EASY TO FIND

AT THE HOOVERVILLE CAMP,THE JOADS FIND THAT EVEN THOUGH JOBS ARE AVAILABLE, THEY ARE VERY LOW PAID. MANY OF THE FAMILIES AT THE CAMP ARE STARVING AND DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR GAS TO GET TO THE WORK AT FARMS. WRITE A PARAGRAPH ON WHO IS EXPLOITING THESE WORKERS AND HOW THEY ARE DOING IT. WHAT IS A BLACKLIST?

CHAPTER 19-20 THE JOADS REACH CALIFORNIA AND THE HOOVERVILLE CAMP

cOMPARE THE SITUATION WITH THE BIG FARMERS IN CALIFORNIA AND THE OKIE FARMERS. WRITE A PARA ON WHO IS EXPLOITED AND HOW.

THE THEME OF GREED

GREED IS A COMMON THEME IN THE GRAPES OF WRATH. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GREEDY TOWARD THE JOADS. WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT HOW SOMEONE WAS GREEDY TOWARD THEM. WHAT MAKES THEM GREEDY? WHY DO THEY DO IT?

THE JOADS LEARN ABOUT THE LIES IN THE HANDBILLS ABOUT WORK IN CALIFORNIA

The camp owners just see the Joads as bums or vagrants who can't pay their way and they only want to make money from them one way or another. Describe a situation where someone treated you like they only wanted to make money from you. We learned of a foreshadowing of things to come from the story of the ragged man who left California because he couldn't find work to support his family.

HOW MAE SHOWS AN ACT OF KINDNESS TOWARD THE JOADS

In Chapter 15, Mae the waitress performs an act of kindness toward the man and his kids. Your homework is to do an act of kindness to someone at home and write about it. How did you feel doing it? How did they respond to your act of kindness? Would you do it again?

ON ROUTE 66 TO CALIFORNIA

The Joads start their journey on Route 66 to California with 12 people on the truck. Their first stop at a gas station gives them an idea of how people see them as having no money. Complete the questions on the passage about their stop at the gas station. Also, complete the T chart on the needs and wants of the Joad family.

Chapter 9

Write a paragraph comparing the feeling expressed by Jim Casey that “men must act for the good of all men” compared to how the bankers treated the Joads and other farmers.

REVIEW OF CHAPTERS 1-9

MAKE A PREDICTION OF WHAT THE JOAD FAMILY WILL FIND IN CALIFORNIA. WILL GRANDPA BE ABLE TO EAT AS MANY GRAPES AND ORANGES THAT HE WANTS? HOW ACCURATE ARE THE HANDBILLS THEY SEE ABOUT WORK IN CALIFORNIA?

INTRODUCTION OF ANOTHER MAIN CHARACTER MA JOAD AND THE REUNION OF TOM WITH THE FAMILY

Today we read passages from Chapter 8 and viewed the corresponding part in the movie of The Grapes of Wrath. Isn't it interesting how the movie is different from the book? We read about Tom's first meeting with Ma and the rest of the family. We identified adjectives that describe mothers. Using the words we listed, write a comparison of your mother to what we described in Ma Joad.

TOM JOAD TALKS TO THE PREACHER ABOUT PRISON

We talked about Tom"s experience in prison and how some people who were released wanted to go back in because the living conditions were better in prison. Research online or elsewhere for alternatives to prison to punish people for their crimes. What is a better way to punish people other than prison? Write your ideas in at least one paragraph.

THE PREACHER REVEALS A THEME OF THE GRAPES OF WRATH

The talk between Tom Joad and the preacher reveals an important theme of The Grapes of Wrath. The preacher talks about how love is what sustains relationships between people. He feels he has been a hypocrite because he was a man of God but was committing sins. Describe someone you know who has been a hypocrite who says one thing and does the opposite. Give details about how they showed they were hypocritical.

WHAT KIND OF FARMERS WERE THE JOAD FAMILY?

TODAY WE TALKED ABOUT THE TYPE OF FARMING OF THOSE IN OKLAHOMA, THE HOME STATE OF THE JOADS....WE DISCUSSED FURTHER THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR TENANT FARMERS OR SHARECROPPERS. IN A PARAGRAPH, TELL WHY WE KNOW THE JOADS ARE TENANT FARMERS.

TENANT FARMERS VS. SHARECROPPERS

COMPLETE THE T CHART COMPARING TENANT FARMERS TO SHARECROPPERS BASED ON THE READING.

PROFITS OF THE MONSTER VS THE PEOPLE

We read from Chapter 5 when the owners came in their cars to tell the tenant farmers they had to go. They talked about how the bank is an impersonal monster. The farmers were very upset; they had fought the Indians, killed the snakes, had been born and died on the land. The question for homework: Should the farmers stay and fight or should they just leave? What rights do they have?

INTRODUCTION OF THE MAIN CHARACTER TOM JOAD

We started on Chapter 2 where Tom hitchhikes a ride from the truck driver and they talk along the way. Tom admits that he killed a man and was in prison for homicide. Jasmine came up with the association of the Trayvon Martin case as similar to Tom Joad's situation where he killed the man. Your homework tonight is to describe the similarities between Tom's fight with the man and the Trayvon Martin case and describe the differences. Good discussion today, everyone.

THE DUSTBOWL ON THE GREAT PLAINS

Read the short paragraph and answer the questions on the Dust Bowl. Jasmine, Miri, and Dominick answer question #1. David, Antoine, Ernest answer questions 1 and 2. The rest of you answer all the questions.

DESCRIBE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IN THE DUSTBOWL

DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO LIVE IN THE DUSTBOWL. TRY TO PORTRAY A PICTURE LIKE JOHN STEINBECK'S WRITING. HAPPY WEEKEND!

THE DUSTBOWL

Today we started reading The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. The first chapter gives us a description of what it was like in the Dust Bowl. Jasmine thought the writing was like poetry. Your homework is to compare the conditions of the Dust Bowl to conditions like another natural disaster we have experienced, the Sandy hurricane. Give details about the similarities and differences.

THE GREAT DEPRESSION AS THE SETTING FOR GRAPES OF WRATH

Today we talked about The Great Depression as the setting for John Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath. We saw a video on what life was like in the Great Depression. Jasmine was able to identify what the setting was...time and place of the novel. Homework for tonight is to talk about the impact of unemployment on one of your family members. What happens when you lose your job? How does it affect the family as a whole?

FICTION VS NON FICTION

We are moving from a nonfiction account of the plight of Native Americans in Buried My Heart at Wounded Knee and moving to a fiction story of the Dust Bowl and migration to California of people in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. List 3 books or movies you know are fiction and 3 books or movies you know that are nonfiction. Tell why each is fiction or nonfiction based on our discussion in class. For Jasmine, there is a special assignment at her request to write a book or short story on a subject of her choice.