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Grapes of Wrath: Setting up Historical Context PPTGrapes of Wrath: Setting up Historical Context PPT
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Grapes of Wrath: Setting up Historical Context

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Discuss life in the 1930s in relation to the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, then do a cross-media analysis. Here you'll find background information on film maker John Ford, writer John Steinbeck, and 1930s America. You can compare the book to the film version of Grapes of Wrath as well as the lives of both interpreters of American life. 

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the grapes of wrath, john steinbeck, setting, plot elements, plot, literary elements, cross-media analysis, historical fiction, historical context, the dust bowl, the great depression

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dust bowl, grapes of wrath, great depression, historical fiction, john steinbeck, setting, historical context, john ford, tenant farmers, cross media analysis, book to film comparison, english language arts
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Grade
9th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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22

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