The Grapes of Wrath: Scrapbooks and Artifacts

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The Grapes of Wrath: Scrapbooks and Artifacts

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In this lesson, students use ethnographic research to enhance their reading and understanding of "The Grapes of Wrath". The ability to identify and locate specific cultural artifacts in a piece of literature helps students to understand the symbolic connotations of those elements. Specific objects and activities have stories of their own which support the larger, more global themes of a piece of literature. Ethnographic research helps students to see the connection between the social, cultural and literary contexts of literature.

Education Levels:

9, 10, 11, 12

Subject:

Writing (composition), Process Skills, Literature

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students, Gifted or honors students

Online provider:

Library of Congress

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Keywords:

Steinbeck, John, Literary symbols, Great Depression, Ethnography

Mediator:

Secondary school teachers

Publisher:

Library of Congress

Contributor:

Linda Lackey, David Lackey

Is Part Of:

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Computers with Internet access

Learning Time:

3 weeks

Referenced Resources/Versions

Required Learning:

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/guides.html

Required Learning:

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

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

English

Instructional Methods

Assessment Method:

Informal assessment

Learning Outcomes:

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Key Ideas and Details

1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Informational Text

Key Ideas and Details

2. Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11—CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 11—CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics.

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The Grapes of Wrath: Scrapbooks and Artifacts

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