DISCUSSION PROMPTS
for Chapter 19:
· A metaphor used early
in this chapter posits the California landowners
as Romans. Using your historical knowledge,
what are the implications of this metaphor?
· Why is a fallow field a sin?
· What are the "three cries of history"?
Where else, historically, do you see these
insights ring true?
· Why is it notable that the owners are the
ones with "access" to history?
What are the implications here?
Related Web Sites:
HOOVERVILLES - From MSN's Encarta multimedia. Photos
as well as sound and film clips about the
events of the Depression and the 1930's "Hoovervilles."
Hoovervilles - Brief article with links from U-S-History.com
Jimson Weed - "What is Jimson Weed?" from
Erlanger's E-Health.com

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America from the Great Depression to WWII
Photographs from the FSA-OWL, 1935-1945
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