Monday March 30th: Of Mice and Men hypertext writing assignment

         Today's class involves follows upon the earlier "research" on the world of Of Mice and Men (blog #12) and the task is to create a hypertext document on this topic.
This is to be a short multi-paragraph piece of writing (use Microsoft Word) of approximately 300-400 words.
        The document is to be five paragraphs in length and each paragraph must contain at least one hyperlink. Each hyperlink should add information or clarify and idea or extend understanding or make connections to similar ideas or topics
        You can use a hyperlink to connect your hypertext to: wikipedia articles, youtube videos, blogs, news articles, dictionary definitions, images, music etc (only one youtube and one wikipedia hyperlink may be included in your hypertext)
         In Word, right click when you want to create a hyperlink , click "hyperlink" and enter the text to be displayed in the box at the top and url in the address line at the bottom.

          So...the topic is the world of Of Mice and Men..It has to be five paragraphs long and each paragraph must deal with a different aspect of the topic above. Suitable sub-topics./paragraphs could be:

John Steinbeck,
The Grapes of Wrath
 The Depression,
The Dust Bowl,
agriculture,
luger
Okies,
California,
FDR,
The New Deal,
disability (physical or mental) ,
 racism,
work cards,
 agriculture in California,
migrant workers,
the 1930's.
Soledad, Ca.,
dogs,
Gary Sinise,
Jon Malkovich
metalcore bands from Orange County, Ca

                                      , ..........basically anything you can relate to the book. Be creative in your topics and in your hyperlinks

          Complete,, print/hand in and put digital version in appropriate hand-in folder


         An example of a hypertext paragraph is written below:
     
         The title of John Steinbeck's famous novel came from a  poem written by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Legend states that the farmer poet overturned a mouse's home with his plough. He regretted doing this but came to seen the fate of the mouse as better than his own in some ways. The poet stated that though the mouse did not understand that its future life would be difficult, humans had the power to think and could see that life would always be one of struggle and hardship. "To a Mouse" showed the connection between man and beast and their shared hardships.

     now, create your own