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?