Of Mice and Men - Socratic Seminar by Mike Wilson https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7 Seventh Period Socratic Seminar for Of Mice and Men en-us 2016-10-24 12:45:10 UTC 2016-10-28 19:34:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png Denise Chavez- B  https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133750621 Why do you think women were treated like that back then? Why did women have to stay home instead of being able to work or go out?]]> 2016-10-27 19:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133750621 Barber-B lindsay_barber https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133751678 This novel took place at an interesting time for African Americans -- about 60 years after slavery was abolished, but about 30-40 years before schools were desegregated. ]]> 2016-10-27 19:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133751678 Wilson - B michael_wilson6 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133752406 With regard to how every character was treated... was there a norm? Why were the different characters treated differently?]]> 2016-10-27 19:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133752406 Kim -B https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133752512 Make sure everyone is talking, we want to hear all of your points of views. ]]> 2016-10-27 19:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133752512 Barber-B lindsay_barber https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133753047 Do you think the fact that in this time period, workers had to make money from manual labor impacted the worth society viewed them as having?]]> 2016-10-27 19:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133753047 James Pelton https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133753494 Notice the way that many characters (Crooks, Lennie, Candy, and Curley's wife) were treated and the similarities in the way they were treated. Is this reflective of historical norms in the story's setting?]]> 2016-10-27 19:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133753494 Selena Garcia https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133753565 Can yall use some text evidence please? ]]> 2016-10-27 19:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133753565 Wilson - B  michael_wilson6 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133754909 We're still talking quite a bit about plot...]]> 2016-10-27 19:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133754909 Giselle  https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133754916 If you noticed, Steinbeck placed all the "weak people" in one room. (The old woman, curlys wife, a mentally troubled male aka lennie, and an African American) 
Why do you think they all related despite how they faced different problems 
]]> 2016-10-27 19:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133754916 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133755151 you're drifting from the contex of the book a little]]> 2016-10-27 19:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133755151 Denise Chavez- B  https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133755298 Do you think if the story Of Mice and Men would've taken place today it would be different?]]> 2016-10-27 19:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133755298 Wilson - B michael_wilson6 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133755496 Do you feel that Steinbeck was trying to expose society? Hold a mirror up to it? Criticize it? Explain it?]]> 2016-10-27 19:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133755496 Kim Lilley -b https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133755660 You could talk about how Steinbeck had a bad life so he was trying escape his life and feel like others had his problems or worse problems. ]]> 2016-10-27 19:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133755660 James Pelton https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133756018 Notice the way that many characters (Crooks, Lennie, Candy, and Curley's wife) were treated and the similarities in the way they were treated as subhumans of a sort. Is this reflective of historical norms in the story's setting? What was Steinbeck doing in focusing on these "subhuman" characters moreso than he did on the "normal" characters?]]> 2016-10-27 19:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133756018 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133756552 do you think that steinbeck was trying to show how society idolized the "strong white male"]]> 2016-10-27 19:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133756552 Selena Garcia https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133756643 *Hint Hint* use text evidence]]> 2016-10-27 19:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133756643 THIS BEGINS GROUP C ___________________________ michael_wilson6 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133990521 Author's Purpose and Style]]> 2016-10-28 19:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133990521 Wilson michael_wilson6 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133991858 Why does Steinbeck write bigotry into the novel?]]> 2016-10-28 19:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133991858 Megan Chamberlin https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133991865 What if Lennie represents society and Steinbeck was trying to say if we don't come together that society is going to die?]]> 2016-10-28 19:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133991865 Wilson michael_wilson6 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133993113 Trace each thing that is killed and decide what it represents.
ex. Lennie found the mouse... was it that important?]]> 2016-10-28 19:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133993113 THIS BEGINS GROUP A ________________________ michael_wilson6 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133994602 2016-10-28 19:22:37 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133994602 Wilson michael_wilson6 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133994620 What other things in the novel get "crushed"???]]> 2016-10-28 19:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133994620 Omar https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133995449 That's some good realizations]]> 2016-10-28 19:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133995449 Wilson michael_wilson6 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133995748 Agree - great realizations... now let's shift the lens to THE AMERICAN DREAM... what is it? what does it cost?]]> 2016-10-28 19:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133995748 Wilson michael_wilson6 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996082 there are dreams... and there's THE AMERICAN DREAM. Why do we never hear about The German Dream or the Norwegian Dream? Why uniquely AMERICAN?]]> 2016-10-28 19:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996082 Joshua Dorough https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996104 2016-10-28 19:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996104 Rian Owens https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996154 Why did Steinbeck choose to include the American Dream in this novel?]]> 2016-10-28 19:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996154 Denise  https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996235 Did Slim have an American Dream? He was known as "the prince" and it appeared as if he has everything he needed and wanted. ]]> 2016-10-28 19:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996235 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996278 Don't any dreams cause pain]]> 2016-10-28 19:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996278 Soledad michael_wilson6 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996421 2016-10-28 19:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996421 Joshua D https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996427 Don't all dreams have a cost and a cause? Such as the Nazi's dream to conquer Europe or early explorer's dreams to colonize the new world.]]> 2016-10-28 19:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996427 Rian Owens https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996542 Did anyone already accomplish their american dream?]]> 2016-10-28 19:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996542 Bigger question: michael_wilson6 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996598 What does it mean to be American? Is there a classical American identity?
A]]> 2016-10-28 19:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996598 Soledad... American... American Dream... Soledad michael_wilson6 https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996823 2016-10-28 19:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_wilson6/mice7/wish/133996823