Worksheet
Curated OER

Characters in The Grapes of Wrath: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 9th - 12th
Get the characters in The Grapes of Wrath straight with this quiz. Readers respond to ten multiple choice questions about the characters, identifying the correct answer by choosing one bubble of four on this online interactive quiz....
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 9th - 12th
Are you reading The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck in your class? If so, this quiz might be useful for you. This is an online interactive quiz that covers the novel's theme, plot, and characters. The quiz refers to the entire novel,...
Instructional Video3:06
PBS

American Masters: The American Dream in the Grapes of Wrath

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
For many farmers displaced by the Great Depression and the droughts of the 1930s, California represented the American Dream: a place to find work, to establish a new life, and to provide for their families. The reality they found, as...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Grapes of Wrath: Problematic Situation

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
To prepare for a reading of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, kids must prioritize a list of items to take with them on a journey to Texas.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Grapes of Wrath: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 9th - 12th
Fun Trivia quizzes can be made online by anyone, so you will want to look at these questions carefully before using them for your own assessment on The Grapes of Wrath. You could use this for your class to self-assess their basic...
Worksheet
Eastland FFA

Grapes of Wrath Movie Questions

For Students 9th - 12th
John Ford's 1940 film version of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath is the subject of a 23-question worksheet designed to accompany a viewing of the film. The questions not only focus viewers on events, but also ask them to make...
Activity
Curated OER

The Grapes of Wrath: A Hooverville in Ancaster

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this novel analysis worksheet, students complete a 'homeless' enactment to further analyze the novel, The Grapes of Wrath. Students devise, present, and debate at the community meeting the position of the homelessness problem.
Instructional Video5:44
PBS

Documenting the Dust Bowl

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Paul Taylor's interviews and Dorothea Lange's photographs bring to life the unimaginable devastation of the Dust Bowl. After watching a short video from PBS, viewers are asked to imagine how they would react, whether they would stay or...
Instructional Video1:35
National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Dorothea Lange

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Teach young scholars how to, in the words of Dorothea Lange, see life without a camera by looking at her life through the lens of a short video. Viewers are introduced to Lange's life, her work, and some of her famous photographs.
Instructional Video3:19
Biography

John Steinbeck- Mini Biography

For Teachers 7th - 12th
John Steinbeck, called the voice of working-class Americans, is the subject of this mini-biography that includes interviews and images to provide an overview of his life and works.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Route 66 Challenge

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this Route 66 activity worksheet, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions that require them to exhibit the knowledge they have about the American highway.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Route 66 Vocabulary

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Route 66 instructional activity, students match vocabulary words about Route 66 to their descriptions. Students match 10 vocabulary words.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Of Mice and Men: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 8th - 9th
You could suggest this online, interactive quiz on Of Mice and Men to your class as a means of self-assessing basic reading comprehension; however, it lacks the rigor necessary to warrant using it as an assignment.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Masters: The American Dream in the Grapes of Wrath

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video [3:06] from the American Masters film Novel Reflections on the American Dream, see the quest for the American dream as depicted in John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath." Follow the Joad family as they search for work and...
Instructional Video
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Grapes of Wrath

For Students 9th - 10th
A short video [2:52] about where the title for John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath came from.
Instructional Video
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Grapes of Wrath (Las Uvas De La Ira)

For Students 9th - 10th
Delve into the classic Grapes of Wrath in this Shmoop video. [3:27]

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