The Grapes of Wrath

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/the-grapes-of-wrath

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?John Steinbeck
2. What is the publication date?April 14, 1939
3. What is the literary award?Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1940)
4. What is "The Grapes of Wrath" about?It is a story about the Joad family leaving Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl and traveling to California, showing how hard life was for them.
5. Why did the Joad family leave their home?The Dust Bowl made their farmland infertile and they lost their jobs, so they had to move to find work.

Intercalary Chapters: Sections in the novel that stand apart from the main narrative, offering broader social, historical, or philosophical commentary.
Okies: A derogatory term used for migrant agricultural workers from Oklahoma and surrounding states who moved to California during the Dust Bowl.
Social Realism: A literary movement that aims to depict contemporary life and society accurately, often focusing on the struggles of ordinary people.
The New Deal: A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States during the Great Depression.