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The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

 

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Author Biographies

 

http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=19729

http://www.bookrags.com/notes/pea/BIO.htm

http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_john_steinbeck.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/pearl/context.html

http://www.educeth.ch/english/readinglist/steinbeckj/index.html

 

   
Background Information

 

Literary/Historical Background:

     http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmGrapes11.asp 

Myth of the Okies: http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/20/jun02/steinbeck.htm

Dust Bowl Timeline: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/timeline/

Dust Bowl:

     http://www.usd.edu/anth/epa/dust.html 

     http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/hist409/dust/dust.html 

Voices from the Dust Bowl: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html

The Migrant Experience: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html

The Great Depression:

     http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html 

     http://www.amatecon.com/greatdepression.html

     http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/depression.html  

New Deal: http://newdeal.feri.org/ 

 

   
Lesson Plans and Activities

 

Book-A-Minute: http://rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/steinbeck.grapes.shtml

Plot Summaries:

     http://www.bookrags.com/notes/gow/SUM.htm

     http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/grapeswrath/fullsumm.html 

Characters:

     http://www.bookrags.com/notes/gow/CHR.htm

     http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/grapeswrath/charlist.html

     http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/grapesofwrath/canalysis.html 

Objects/Places: http://www.bookrags.com/notes/gow/OBJ.htm

Quotes:

     http://www.bookrags.com/notes/gow/QUO.htm

     http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/grapesofwrath/quotes.html 

Questions:

     http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/grapesofwrath/study.html 

     http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmGrapes62.asp

     http://www.bookwolf.com/Free_Booknotes/Grapes_of_Wrath_by__John_Stein/

          Questions_Grapes_of_Wrath/questions_grapes_of_wrath.html 

     http://www.penguinputnam.com/static/rguides/us/grapes_of_wrath.html#questions  

     http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/grapesofwrath/#que 

     http://www.teachervision.fen.com/lesson-plans/lesson-3540.html 

     http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/grapes.html 

     http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/worldlit/teaching/srp435/steinbeck.htm 

     http://us.penguinclassics.com/static/html/us/academic/grapeswrath.html  

Quizzes: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/grapesofwrath/quiz.html

Student Activities:

     http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/dust/dusttg.htm

     http://www.nashville.k12.tn.us/CyberGuides/grapes/teachertemplate.html 

Theme:

     http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/grapesofwrath/themes.html

     http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmGrapes09.asp

     http://home.pacific.net.au/~greg.hub/grapes.html#themes  

Key Facts: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/grapesofwrath/facts.html

Assessment Tasks: http://home.pacific.net.au/~greg.hub/modified.html

Vocabulary:

     http://www.vocabulary.com/VUctgrapes.html

     http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/grapesofwrath/#voc 

Extension Activities:

     http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/grapesofwrath/#ext

Creating Dramatic Monologues:

     http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/grapesofwrath/

Web Quests:

     http://www.teachtheteachers.org/projects/FIsom/index.html

     http://www.teachtheteachers.org/projects/DRogers2/index.htm 

     http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq1/webquest.htm 

Internet Activity:

     http://www.esc20.k12.tx.us/etprojects/formats/treasure_hunt/misc99/Grapes.html

“Dust Bowl Days”  http://www.teachtheteachers.org/projects/DRogers2/index.htm