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This A Multi-Media Approach to Teaching The Grapes of Wrath activity also includes:
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Integrate history, math, and art into a study of The Grapes of Wrath with a series of activities that ask learners to investigate the social, political, economic, and environmental factors at play during the 1930s. Designed to be used throughout the reading of John Steinbeck's famous novel, presentation of the projects will enrich readers' background knowledge and encourage them to make personal connections to the text.
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Pros
- Ten suggestions for multi-media activities are detailed, including creating a handbill advertising jobs in California, participating in a Woody Guthrie Free Folk Festival Songwriting Competition, staging dramatic activities, crafting Dorothea Lange-style photographs, and creating a short film that illustrates a theme from the novel
- Can be used with any study of The Grapes of Wrath
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- No rubrics are included for individual projects
- Consider revising the format of the portfolio assessment so that learners can use the criteria as a checklist