[Detail] Sketchbooks with gelatin silver prints and ink notes
Lesson Overview
Students use ethnographic research to enhance their reading and understanding of The Grapes of Wrath.
The ability to identify and locate specific cultural artifacts in a piece of literature helps students to understand the symbolic connotations of those elements. Specific objects and activities have stories of their own which support the larger, more global themes of a piece of literature. Ethnographic research helps students to see the connection between the social, cultural and literary contexts of literature.
Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Create museum exhibits of literary symbols.
- Show how cultural artifacts act as literary symbols.
- Use the ethnographic research process as tool for literary analysis.
Standards
Time Required
Three weeks
Recommended Grade Level
- 9-12
- 6-8
Topic
- Arts & Culture
- City & Regional History
Era
- Great Depression and WWII, 1929-1945
Credits
Linda and David Lackey
