Annotated Bibliography

Write an Annotated Bibliography for five of your sources. See this link for how to make one.

Due by the end of the period. 50 points.

Starting Research

If you have a San Jose Public Library card, go to this site.

If you don't have a library account, use Google Advanced Search with .edu and .gov

Play around with the sites. You have the next two days to do research on your interview subject.

You may also find this site helpful for MLA rules

Citation Machine is good too.

Save your articles in a folder. Make sure to save all of the citation information as well. Start to read the articles and take notes on some information you can use.

American Exceptionalism

Are Americans unique? Or is it just propaganda we're fed all our lives? If you were to line up people from many different countries, could you pick out an American? What does East of Eden tell us about the experience of being an American?

John Steinbeck

Answer these questions as you watch the film about Steinbeck. Information about these questions is throughout the film.

1. What is his relationship to where he grew up?

2. Why was he controversial?

3. What is his relationship to the natural world?

4. What kind of people did he like writing about?

5. How did events in America and the world affect his writing?

Timshel

Read the end of Section 2 in Chapter 24 about the concept of Timshel or "Thou Mayest." How does this connect to the topic of Cain and Abel that runs throughout East of Eden? How does the idea of Timshel affect Adam and the other characters?