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Designing Museum Exhibits for The Grapes of Wrath: A Multigenre Project Lesson PlanDesigning Museum Exhibits for The Grapes of Wrath: A Multigenre Project Lesson Plan
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Designing Museum Exhibits for The Grapes of Wrath: A Multigenre Project

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Challenge readers of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath to create a museum exhibit that uses artifacts to focus on one issue raised by the award winning story of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and the Joads.

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Concepts

john steinbeck, the grapes of wrath, american literature, the dust bowl, the great depression, artifacts, museums

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Ask class members to post their exhibits on the class website

Classroom Considerations

  • The activity is designed to be used after reading is complete

Pros

  • The detailed plan includes links to interactive research sties, to sample projects. and to a project rubric

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.5 RL.11-12.10a RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.2 RI.11-12.4 RI.11-12.7 W.11-12.1.a W.11-12.1.d W.11-12.2.a W.11-12.2.b W.11-12.2.c W.11-12.2.e W.11-12.2.f W.11-12.4 W.11-12.7 L.11-12.4.a L.11-12.4.d L.11-12.6

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