Midterm in class on Wednesday, Oct. 27.
         
         
Readings and Web Assignments
         
         
John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men;
         
         
Letters to FDR from Black Americans (1930s), 79-94;
         
         
Examine "Rediscovering America," "Celebrating the
         People," and "Work Pays America" sections of National
         Archives art exhibit, "A New Deal for the Arts": http://www.nara.gov/exhall/newdeal/newdeal.html;
         
         
National Gallery of Art Exhibit: http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iad.htm;
         
         
Music from the Great
         Depression.
         
         
Lecture
         Images
         
         
Lecture
         Quotes
         
         
Discussion Questions
         
         
Midterm
         Essay Question