For tomorrow, you need to have finished chapters 1-3 of the book Of Mice and Men. We will have a quiz at the beginning of class, so come prepared!
If you are not in class today, then answer the following on a sheet of paper and turn in tomorrow:
•What do you know about life in America during the 1930s?
•In America today, what percentage of people do you think are poorer than they’d like to be?
•What percentage of Americans do you think, by definition, live in poverty?
• What are three reasons why you think people live in poverty in the USA?
•How does a person rise from a lower income bracket to a higher one in this country?
•Is it going to be more difficult to get ahead for your generation than it has been for the past few? Explain…
• “It is good—even necessary—to have unskilled, unspecialized workers in society.” Explain why this is true.
If you are not in class today, then answer the following on a sheet of paper and turn in tomorrow:
•What do you know about life in America during the 1930s?
•In America today, what percentage of people do you think are poorer than they’d like to be?
•What percentage of Americans do you think, by definition, live in poverty?
• What are three reasons why you think people live in poverty in the USA?
•How does a person rise from a lower income bracket to a higher one in this country?
•Is it going to be more difficult to get ahead for your generation than it has been for the past few? Explain…
• “It is good—even necessary—to have unskilled, unspecialized workers in society.” Explain why this is true.