Of+Mice+and+Men+Activities+and+Resources

= Of Mice and Men : Activities and Resources =

**Activities:** Listen to a recording of the story. The links below will take you to some helpful resources surrounding John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.
 * Resources: **

Learn about John Steinbeck's life at the National Steinbeck Center. Learn about the Pulitzer Prize. Learn about Intellectual Disability from NICHCY or KidsHealth. Learn about the migrant experience. See photos of migrant workers. Watch a film about the 1930s. Learn about America in the 1930s. Learn about The Great Depression (make sure to check out the links at the bottom of the page as well). Watch a video about the Crash of 1929. Check out a US History Timeline of the 20th Century. Watch a video about surviving the Dust Bowl. Check out an eyewitness account of the Dust Bowl. Check out the Library of Congress's Voices from the Dust Bowl. Visit Weedpatch Camp. Read an article about the Dust Bowl: Mass Exodus from the Plains. Read about Black Sunday. Read Robert Burns' Poem "To A Mouse." Can you find any connections with the novel?

**Suggestions for Further Reading:** A Separate Peace by John Knowles The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson The Call of the Wild by Jack London Chains by Laure Halse Anderson Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli