II. This article is about the hard life the migrant workers and farmers faced, even after they got to California. Relief was very scarce, and the little work they did find was only because it was previously the Mexican immigrants' work. This week, the text we read in The Grapes of Wrath was about the Joads' journey to California in search of work.
Bibliography:
"Mass Exodus From the Plains." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/dustbowl-mass-exodus-plains/>.
III. Level 3 Questions:
- If someone has every right to do something, does someone with more influence have the right to tell that person they can't do it?
- How far do you think a person/family/couple would go to get something that is so readily available to others? (a.k.a. minimum wage, food, water, etc.)
- What do you think are the limits of a person without their basic needs being fulfilled?
V. Reflection on the Discussion:
- The most memorable moment of the discussion I had with my mother is when she said yes to the first question. Her reasoning is that the person higher up may know better than the person lower than them. When I clarified that this situation had to do with the Great Depression (my mother is from South America), she changed her answer to maybe.
- I was satisfied by the amount of things I could teach my mother about the Great Depression after only reading a small percentage of this book. It opened my eyes to see how much I can learn after a short amount of text (especially school-assigned text.)
- I again need to make my questions slightly less specific and more understandable. If I was trying to make a question more dramatic sounding, such as my question #1, I need to be able to communicate that dramatic feeling
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