Mr. Womack dressed as a migrant worker and in his bindlestiff were items that related to Steinbeck's biography. He used those items to relay the information instead of a PowerPoint. The classroom was also decorated to resemble a shanty down. There were articles written by Steinbeck detailing life for migrant workers under the tents and a group of students had to read and respond to them and rotate at specified moments. It seems to have done the trick!