1930s

Socratic Seminar Questions

 * 1) With only a small view of __The Grapes of Wrath__, what understandings do you come away with? What is your evidence from the book?
 * 2) What would be tougher to deal with: Life in the trenches? Being poor while so many have so much? Migrating West during the depression?
 * 3) Cinderella Man accurately portrays New Jersey during the depression? What makes Jim Braddock different from the other people who lived then?
 * 4) What were the best deals that FDR came up with?
 * 5) How did the country get to the point of depression? What lessons should we have learned from them?
 * 6) What role should the government play in fixing the economy of businesses and people?
 * 7) Should entertainment benefit during tough times when the money could be going to other places?