The Grapes of Wrath   by John Steinbeck

Links

American Memory: Photographs from the Great Depression Sights that Have Banned Books Librarians Index to the Internet: Topical Links NPR - Present at the Creation Reading The Grapes of Wrath - A Retrospective Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad Woody Guthrie - I'm a Dust Bowl Refugee Woody Guthrie - Tom Joad Surviving the Dust Bowl: PBS Special

Lesson Plans

Teaching Programme Introduction to Grapes of Wrath Dramatic Monologues Teacher Cyberguide Introduction to Novel and Discussion Questions The Great Books Foundation Vocabulary Classic Texts - Vocabulary National Council of Teachers of English - Over 90 articles, links in PDF form Rock Hall of Fame Scrapbooks and Artifacts Introduction to Primary Sources The Writing Company - Teaching the Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath Brochure Multimedia Project On-line Dustbowl Activity Chapter Questions

John Steinbeck

National Steinbeck Center Bard of the People John Steinbeck and the FBI San Jose State University - Center for Steinbeck Studies Chronological List of Steinbeck's Books John Steinbeck Page Biography Brief Biography John Steinbeck's Pacific Grove The English Page Literary Traveler

Themes/Overview/Chapter Analysis and Summaries

Brief Summary Western Washington - Map of route, characters, chapter summaries Gradesaver.com - Summary and Analysis Monkeynotes - Summary and Analysis BookRags Sparknotes - summaries, plot, characters, includes a quiz Owl Eyes

Critiques

Grapes of Wrath banned in Kern County

Essays

Steinbeck's Transcendentalism Right Near Sallisaw Journey and Change