Study Guides and Lesson Plans for
The Grapes of Wrath
Pulitzer Prize Award Winner
 About The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck:
One of the greatest and most socially significant novels of the
twentieth century, Steinbeck's controversial masterpiece indelibly captured America during
the Great Depression through the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads. Intensely
human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, tragic but ultimately stirring in its
insistence on human dignity, The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is not only a landmark American
novel, but it is as well an extraordinary moment in the history of our national
conscience. Winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for literature.
The Grapes of Wrath LitPlan Teacher Pack
Complete lesson plans for teaching The Grapes of Wrath. Includes
introduction to the unit, unit objectives, reading assignments, unit outline, study
questions (short answer), study/quiz questions (multiple choice), vocabulary worksheets,
daily lessons planned, related nonfiction reading assignment, oral reading evaluation,
biographical info about the author, three detailed writing assignments (inform, persuade,
personal opinion), vocabulary review games & activities, unit review games &
activities, at least one group activity assignment, discussion questions on all levels
(factual, critical, interpretive, personal response), 2 short answer unit tests, 2
multiple choice unit tests, 1 advanced short answer unit test, unit and vocabulary
crossword puzzles, unit and vocabulary extra worksheets & games, bulletin board ideas,
ready-to-copy student materials, answer keys, and more!
CD-ROM: 127 pages
MAXnotes : John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes enhance
understanding and enjoyment of the work. Uncludes an overall summary, character lists, an
explanation and discussion of the plot, the work's historical context, illustrations to
convey the mood of the work, and a biography of the author. Each chapter is individually
summarized and analyzed, and has study questions and answers.
128 pages.
Understanding The Grapes of Wrath
When The Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939, it had an explosive effect on the
public, calling attention to the problems of migrant farm workers during the Great
Depression. This casebook provides a rich source of primary materials on the period and
the plight of the migrant farm worker. Includes interviews with eyewitnesses to the Dust
Bowl, firsthand accounts and investigative reports of the causes and effects of the Great
Depression, letters, diaries and autobiographies of migrant farm workers in the 1930s,
newspaper articles and editorials of the period, affidavits by union activists, and other
unique materials. All these materials can be used in literature, American history, and
interdisciplinary classes to enrich the study of this novel and its times.
Hardcover, 248 pages.
John Steinbeck : Harvest Gypsies
These are the original newspaper articles on farm workers written by Steinbeck in 1936,
which became the basis for his novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
64 pages.
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