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John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
May 6, 1940
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Lesson Plan / History & Social StudiesJohn Steinbeck’s "The Grapes of Wrath": The Inner Chapters
This lesson offers students a close consideration of the opening chapter of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath and serves as the impetus for looking at the purpose of the inner chapters or “generals” as the author referred to them.
Lesson Plan / History & Social StudiesJohn Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath”: Verbal Pictures
Students align original FSA photographs from the 1930s and the author’s own journal entries, to trace parallel elements John Steinbeck then incorporated into passages in The Grapes of Wrath.
Lesson Plan / Literature & Language ArtsSteinbeck’s Use of Nonfiction Sources in "The Grapes of Wrath"
John Steinbeck’s use of nonfiction sources in writing The Grapes of Wrath is examined to illustrate how they affect the reader’s perception of a novel.
Henry David Thoreau dies
May 6, 1862
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Launchpad: Henry David Thoreau's Essay "On Civil Disobedience"
This Launchpad guides students through Henry David Thoreau's classic political essay, "On Civil Disobedience."
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