About This Module

Students explore the societal realities of the 1930's before engaging in exploration and reflection on prejudice, discrimination and loneliness. Students complete various assignments and tasks to help them connect with and understand the characters, even though they are exceedingly  different. 

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Student Tasks
  • Complete Anticipation Questions
  • View Riding the Rails (5 Parts) and take notes on the study guide provided
  • Complete Activity 1: Who is the Author?
  • Read the novel in small sections (you may listen to audiobook AS YOU READ, if you like)
  • STOP periodically to Complete VARIOUS Questions and Tasks
  • View the Film version Of Mice and Men
  • Complete Study Questions and Study Guide

Student Assessments
  • Assignment 1: Diary / Letter From Perspective of 1930’s Teenager
  • Journal #1 - Powerlessness 
  • Journal #2 - Living Spaces as Reflections
  • Assignment 2: The Lonely Ones
  • Journal #3 - Disappointment
  • Journal #4 - The Defenselessness 
  • ​Of Mice and Men Chapter Test