i need websites that can explain what life might have been like for a migrant worker in California in the 1930's. its for a reasearch paper i need to do for a book called "Of Mice and Men", thanks!
2007-01-18 12:10:24 · 7 answers · asked by Mili 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
You could just read the book. Or do your own research. WOW, what a concept! I know reading makes your brain hurt, but its okay.. you'll make it, I promise. Just sound out the big words, like "mice" and "migrant".
2007-01-18 12:15:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're complicating this assignment more than you need to. While you really should make an honest effort to learn the material, you can BS your way through this one. What do you think life was like for migrant workers in the 1930s? You can't possibly think that they had it easy. All you need to do is write about a life of hardship. They had a hard time getting across the border into Califronia in the first place, and then ontop of that they had the worst of working conditions. They pretty much had to take whatever they could get, which usually meant working in a sweatshop. After all, they were only one small step above slaves.
2007-01-18 12:37:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/4344/sitemap.html
This is a site about the 30's in Hollywood. This was the era when Ronald Reagan came to Hollywood.
http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/d1fcf71aeb4f873ba19afeb4da09e526.html The Land of Orange Groves and Jails by Upton Sinclair
http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/d1fcf71aeb4f873ba19afeb4da09e526.html This looks like a good site with some other links about life in California in the '30's with dustbowl history of people coming as agricultural workers.
2007-01-18 12:37:12 · answer #3 · answered by whatever 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had to write a paper like this on people who worked in rice fields in asia in the 30's. I couldn't find anything specifically about that so I looked up the climate, the clothes they wore, looked up the hours they would have worked, and few my own conclusions. I also contrasted those conditions to those of workers today who have workers unions and safety devices and modern comforts.
2007-01-18 13:18:14 · answer #4 · answered by xskeptictankx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Google
California migrant workers 1930
and you'll find plenty of info.
2007-01-18 12:19:17 · answer #5 · answered by Husker41 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've read that book, and it shows a little bit about it doesn't it? a tough life, etc
2007-01-18 12:14:29 · answer #6 · answered by burning ice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.californiahistory.net/depres_frame_hard.htm
2007-01-18 12:19:29 · answer #7 · answered by Catlady 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋