This lesson plan engages students in creating dramatic monologues from certain scenes in The Grapes of Wrath. Primary sources from the Library of Congress are used to provide essential background content about the setting of the story.

A lesson plan/classroom activity about the life and influences of John Steinbeck, allowing for students to understand the relevance to their own lives. Also includes web links, other lesson plans, and a bibliography.

Examines the challenges faced by the average American, by African Americans, and by farmers on the Great Plains during the Great Depression, and the government's response or lack thereof.

A narrative of the life of John Steinbeck (1902-1968), a California native and famous author of many classic novels such as "Of Mice and Men," and "The Grapes of Wrath."