Instructional Video4:43
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Does "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" have a hidden message? - David B. Parker

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In his introduction to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," L. Frank Baum claims that the book is simply an innocent children's story. But some scholars have found hidden criticisms of late-nineteenth-century economic policies in the book. Is...
Instructional Video4:43
TED-Ed

Does "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" Have a Hidden Message?

8th - 12th
Like Mark Twain's introduction to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz warns readers not to search for a hidden message or moral in his tale. Yet many, such as Henry Littlefield, have done...