What are some other major works written by Steinbeck? Which two major elements did Steinbeck rely on for much of his writing? What was John Steinbeck’s relationship to the Salinas Valley? For the visual, create a collage of photos of Steinbeck and covers of his most significant novels. Sociologists-Financial: 1 additional, reliable website that you find (record URL) Sociologists’ Questions: What is the history of the New York Stock Exchange? What was the condition of the U.S. stock market during the 1920s? What was the stock market crash; when and how did it occur? How was the average American affected by the crash, and how did he/she react to it? What did President Roosevelt (AKA do to try to stem the tide of worried “FDR”) Americans rushing the banks? What was the mood of the American people, as captured by the New York Times news coverage on and after the day of the crash? For the visual component of your presentation, find images from the time of the GRADING RUBRIC NAME: _________________________________ STUDENT # ______ GROUP # _______________ 4 (+/-) 3 (+/-) 2 (+/-) 1 (+/-) Demonstrates a Demonstrates a Demonstrates a Demonstrates a lack of INDIVIDUAL: PARAGRAPH superior general lack of sufficient research; missing understanding of understanding of understanding of information from several the topic; the topic; the topic; questions and most sites; incorporates incorporates incorporates many grammatical flaws information information from information from from all most questions few questions and 0 = missing paragraph questions and all and most sites; few sites; several (or nearly all) some grammatical grammatical sites; few or no flaws flaws grammatical flaws
What are some other major works written by Steinbeck? Which two major elements did Steinbeck rely on for much of his writing? What was John Steinbeck’s relationship to the Salinas Valley? For the visual, create a collage of photos of Steinbeck and covers of his most significant novels. Sociologists-Financial: 1 additional, reliable website that you find (record URL) Sociologists’ Questions: What is the history of the New York Stock Exchange? What was the condition of the U.S. stock market during the 1920s? What was the stock market crash; when and how did it occur? How was the average American affected by the crash, and how did he/she react to it? What did President Roosevelt (AKA “FDR”) do to try to stem the tide of worried Americans rushing the banks? What was the mood of the American people, as captured by the New York Times news coverage on and after the day of the crash? For the visual component of your presentation, find images from the time of the GRADING RUBRIC NAME: _________________________________ STUDENT # ______ GROUP # _______________ 4 (+/-) 3 (+/-) 2 (+/-) 1 (+/-) INDIVIDUAL: PARAGRAPH Demonstrates a superior understanding of the topic; incorporates information from all questions and all (or nearly all) sites; few or no grammatical flaws Demonstrates a general understanding of the topic; incorporates information from most questions and most sites; some grammatical flaws Demonstrates a lack of understanding of the topic; incorporates information from few questions and few sites; several grammatical flaws Demonstrates a lack of sufficient research; missing information from several questions and most sites; many grammatical flaws 0 = missing paragraph
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