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= What is the relationship between JohnSteinbeck, pearls, and Mexico? =

To answer this question, we look at the impact of each of these during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Your assignment as we prepare to study the novel, //The Pearl//, by John Steinbeck is to research one of the following topics. You have already been given your topic by your teacher.

=Topics=
 * == John Steinbeck == || BIOGRAPHY.COM

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 * == Pearls and Diving for Pearls == || ==  Mexconnect Article  USA Today Article GEO-MEXICO == ||   ||
 * == Scorpions and Scorpion Bites == || ** Mayo Clinic ** ** National Geographic Article **
 * == Poverty and Economic Disparity in Mexico == || ** Geo-Mexico Article ** ** EXPLORANDO MEXICO **
 * == Culture and Life in La Paz, Mexico == || [|Article on La Paz History] Baja Peninsula History

Project modified from project created by Ms. Brenda Robinette, English teacher, Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, California. []. || Pritchard. 1991. New York: DK Publishing, Inc., 2007. 55. //Gale Virtual// //Reference Library//. Web. 18 Oct. 2010. || "Steinbeck, John." //U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography//. Ed. Laura B. Tyle. Vol. 9. Detroit: U*X*L, 2003. 1755-1757. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 18 Oct. 2010. ||
 * Burton, Tony. "Did you know? Mexico was once the world's major source of pearls." //MexConnect// 1 June 2008: n. pag. Web. 18 Oct. 2010.
 * Keates, Colin. Pinctada Maxima- The Largest Pearl Oyster . Natural History Museum. //Crystal & Gem//. By R. F. Symes and R. R. Harding. Ed. :piose
 * "Mexico." (Blackbirch Press Archives) //The Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World//. Online Ed. Blackbirch Press, 2009. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2010. ||