Of Mice and Men: Research Presentations

You and the members of your group will prepare a short presentation for the class (five to seven minutes) on a topic related to our study of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men.

After reviewing your topic and recommended resources, you may decide to break up the work among yourselves. Just be sure that you can put it all together at the end to create a presentation that makes sense to the class. Your presentation will be graded on:

• Content (provides accurate information; answers the essential questions)
  
• Attractive presentation (include some pictures; be neat)
  
• Conventions (spelling and grammar count)
  
• Equal distribution of labor (everyone contributes to the slide show and everyone speaks during the presentation)
  
• Verbal and nonverbal presentation skills (you speak clearly; presentation is organized and easy to follow; eye contact; we’ll talk more about all this)
  
• Citations (giving credit where it is due)

After you create your slide show please save it to one of your student accounts and email it to me so that it can be loaded onto the projector station before class.

Click on your group for more instructions and information:

• Group One: The Great Depression
  
• Group Two: Migrant Workers and Rail Riders
  
• Group Three: Migrant Workers Today
  
• Group Four: The Life of John Steinbeck
  
• Group Five: Understanding Mental Illness