Remake of The Grapes of Wrath (Group Padlet) - Jack, Patrick, Jenny, Aaron by Jack Peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug Addressing the Essential Questions en-us 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC 2018-05-16 19:51:47 UTC hello@padlet.com HUMAN GREED jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016313 Essential Question #2

How and why does Steinbeck establish this sense of HUMAN GREED throughout The Grapes of Wrath?]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016313 US vs. THEM jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016314 Essential Question #1
How and why does Steinbeck create a sense of "US vs THEM" in The Grapes of Wrath?]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016314 The Grapes of Wrath jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016315 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016315 RESEARCH jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016316 2. Research contemporary examples of industry supplanting morality/ethics. 


]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016316 RESEARCH jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016317 1. Research contemporary examples of industry overtaking the average farmer.]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016317 MEANINGFUL PASSAGE #1 jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016318 "Outlanders, foreigners.

Sure, they talk the same language, but they ain't the same. Look how they live. Think any of us folks'd live like that? Hell, no!"]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016318 MEANINGFUL PASSAGE #3 jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016319 "Get him off quick! He'll think he owns it. He might even die fighting for the little plot among the Jimson weeds.]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016319 MEANINGFUL PASSAGE #2 jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016320 "They farmed on paper; and they forgot the land, the smell, the feel of it, and remembered only that they owned it, remembered only what they gained and lost by it."]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016320 MEANINGFUL PASSAGE #1 jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016321 "The tractors which throw men out of work, the belt lines which carry loads, the machines which produce, all were increased; and more and more families scampered on the highways"]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016321 MEANINGFUL PASSAGE #2 jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016322 "And the great owners, who had become throgh their holdings both more and less than men, ran to their destruction, and used every means that in the long run would destroy them. "]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016322 MEANINGFUL PASSAGE #3 jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016323 "There's thirty thousan' acres, out west of here. Layin' there. Jesus, what I could do with that, with five acres of that! Why, hell, I'd have ever'thing to eat."]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016323 Passage Analysis jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016324 The irony present in this passage is how these landowners, or Californians, view the Okies as peasants, thieves, and people who live a extremely different and wrong life. This irony helps strengthen the author's claim on the somewhat idiotic viewpoint of the rich owners, for they make these Okies live like this and they, like how they view the workers as thieves, where in reality they have stolen the land from the common man. These owners are mocking and poking fun at the workers, but in reality they fear these characteristics make them stronger than themselves in this fight.]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016324 Passage Analysis jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016325 Californians (them) see the land as something that gives them money, while Okies (us) see the land as part of nature that provides them food and help them survive. This juxtaposition emphasizes the different view point of land and different life situation of rich and poor. ]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016325 Passage Analysis jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016327 This quote happens after a poor man plants food in someone's weed filled land. A police man comes and trashes the plants, because if a man plants and feeds off a land, he believes it is his land. And so he may do drastic things just for a tiny plot of land, even "die fighting for the little plot". ]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016327 Passage Analysis jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016328 The industry takes over men, which unables okies to work and make money to support their families. On the other hand, the Californians are gaining more wealth from increased production. Even though Okies struggles to survive through hunger, Californians' greed constantly increases, which make them focus on their own wealth instead of helping poor Okies.]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016328 Passage Analysis jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016329 The passage shows the extent to which the large farm owners in California let greed overtake their moral standing. In order for the owners to maintain their land and wealth, they needed to put down any possibility of a large scale revolt of the poor majority population. They did this by destroying Hoovervilles and creating laws that further restrict the poor and also having ]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016329 Passage Analysis jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016330 The context in this passage shows how these land owners, who were once squatters and part of the poor population, have forgotten those below them and are purchasing land for their own land. They have these "fallow fields" because they do not want supply to increase, for prices would go down. In reality, people need the food that could be produced from these lands, but these greedy owners decline to allow these people to survive solely for economic gain.]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016330 Research Artifact 2 jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016331
Group Member Name:
Aaron Solens
1.  Title

Monsanto’s Weed Killer, Dicamba, Divides Farmers


2.  Summary
Farmers have planted a new sort of seed, a GMO version of soybean, but many farmers are alarmed by this. Those alarmed farmers have turned against the company, due to the dicamba (a weed killer) that drifts onto their farms. The new seeds are meant to be resisted to dicamba, and so farmers are able to use dicamba  without fear of killing their crops. However, these seeds are extremely expensive compared to normal seeds, and the dicamba drift is hurting other farms, forcing them to use this new type of seed.
 
3. Implications of Research (Why is it important?)
This is important because it shows how manipulative the company can be. It can make people use something that will inevitably damage other peoples crops, forcing them to use this new expensive crop. 

4.  Connection to The Grapes of Wrath
This connects to The Grapes of Wrath because the machine/industry has all of the power over the people even though the people are the ones doing actual work. Either conform to the new expensive seeds or get no harvest, that should be the motto of the company. And the people's complaints do absolutely nothing, because there are always people waiting in line for their jobs.

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1.  Texas blocks local fracking bans

2.  Summary
Fracking is a relatively new method in extracting oil from the ground. Much of the fracking in the U.S. occurs in Texas.
Citizens of Denton, Texas voted to keep fracking sites away from their homes and school. There are many complaints with noise, bright lights, and the toxic fumes that result from the process. However, Texas Governor Greg Abbot signed a bill which completely disregarded local petitions. 

3. Implications of Research (Why is it important?)

It is important because it goes against the very belief in which America was founded. A democracy should be about the people's decision, but instead the authority makes the decision. Even worse, the motivations for keeping the fracking sites is for money. Prime example of how greed and new industry overtakes ethics.
4.  Connection to The Grapes of Wrath
Similarly to the Grapes of Wrath, there is the authority that is pushing people out of the Hoovervilles and the one police officer that stepped over the stolen land. It is the authority that is performing an unethical action that traces back to the development of new industry. The farmer stole the land, because there was no work, due to more efficient machines. The people's complaints are because of the newly developed fracking sites. Both times the weak majority is overpowered.

(INSERT THE LINK)]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016332 GROUP THESIS #1 jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016333 Steinbeck creates a sense of US vs THEM to show the separation of those that have land and those that don't. It also accentuates the strength of hunger vs the strength of greed. Lastly, he does it to show they way the two people look at the land, US looks at it in hunger what THEM sees it as just a number on the bottom line. 

]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016333 GROUP THESIS #2 jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016334 The human greed that Steinbeck establishes is to accentuate his own criticism towards those in power. By showing people the greed of others, he attempted to open the general public's eyes to how the "Others" have to live, along with the stark contrast between those with, only being content with more and those without, who are fighting and are content with just survival.]]> 2018-05-01 19:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016334 Research Artifact 1 jack_peterson https://padlet.com/jack_peterson/tv8qnacch6ug/wish/257016335 Group Member Name: Jenny

1.  Title: Machines, not Americans, could replace immigrant workers. 

2.  Summary: The RAISE Act, passed by President Trump to open more jobs for Americans, unables immigrant workers to work. The baby boomers are retiring and Americans are not willing to work on agriculture, America depends on foreign workers. However, since they are unable to work, machines are taking over farming. Even though the pay is higher than minimum wage, they are lacking people to work for five years in a row and lost $13 million in unharvested crops.

3. Implications of Research (Why is it important?)

It is clear that the industry, or machines, are taking over agriculture, because of lack of farmers to work on the farm. Also, foreign workers are not getting jobs because of new act passed by President Trump, which is forcing agriculture to use machinery to do the job.
 
4.  Connection to The Grapes of Wrath

The foreign workers are not having equal opportunities even though America needs more workers. To make up for that loss, America is replacing farmers with machines, just like tractors replaced workers. 
However, the reason they are replacing is not because they have too many workers or because they want to make more money like in The Grapes of Wrath.

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Jack Peterson

1.  Title - "Volkswagen: The scandal explained"

2.  Summary -  In September 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that many VW cars being sold in America had a "defeat device" - or software - in diesel engines that could detect when they were being tested, changing the performance accordingly to improve results. The German car giant has since admitted cheating emissions tests in the US.

3. Implications of Research (Why is it important?) - This is important because it shows the lengths corporations will go to just to save some money. They will risk environmental safety and drop all ethics by cheating the EPA system just to turn more profit. This shows how they are driven solely by profit and are willing to lie and cheat their way to it, no matter the consequence.

4.  Connection to The Grapes of Wrath - This is similar to how the land owners would refuse to farm on certain land because it would result in a surplus of supply. This would cause the demand to decrease and prices to drop as well, but this is at the cost of the starving workers and families who could use that land to produce food for survival. In both examples, the corporation is willing to sacrifice public safety in favor of their profit, dropping any ethics or sense of morality they may have possessed prior.
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  • Opposing Viewpoints in Context
  • Global Issues in Context
  • American History
  • U.S. History in Context


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