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**JOHN STEINBECK’S //OF MICE AND MEN//**
 * FINANCIAL AND ETHICAL CRISIS**


 * ESSENTIAL QUESTION**

Are humans destined and meant to live in community and friendship with each other?
 * or**

Are humans destined and meant to live in conflict with each other, isolated and alone?


 * DRIVING QUESTIONS**

1. How do people choose their friends? 2. To what extent are your decisions based on the actions and behaviors of others? 3. Why is having a place to call home important? 4. What is the //American Dream//? Is it attainable? Do people need to have dreams? 5. Is death always considered a tragedy? 6. How does poverty affect a person? 7. Are the strong obligated to protect the weak? 8. How do attitudes of intolerance lead to harm? 9. Is it acceptable to manipulate others to reach a personal goal? 10. What are the consequences of being abused? Does abuse breed abuse? 11. Does the greater good (happiness for the greatest number of people) outweigh the happiness of the individual? 12. What are the causes of the current financial crisis? 13. How can citizens (especially teens) more responsibly handle their finances? 14. What similarities and differences are there between the current economic and social situations and those during the Great Depression?

//Of Mice and Men// Responses https://docs.google.com/a/hcrhs.org/document/d/1pgXHJ0hiovwAgFSCqYg62qqGF1KD9PZ2n4PVNsashDE/edit?usp=sharing

//Of Mice and Men// Discussion Questions https://docs.google.com/a/hcrhs.org/document/d/1C7wSEs06EOIDG2nszahYuketzD627YVrjVTqw5kdZ60/edit?usp=sharing

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