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National Endowment for the Arts: "Ten Things You Might Not Know about The Grapes of Wrath".
The Bible Gateway- Search for Psalm 32 and Ecclesiastes 4
Freedom of Information Act: FBI’s Files on John Steinbeck ( use search feature to find files)
Tenant Farming- Oklahoma in the '30s
American Memory: The Library of Congress
Farming
Farming life before the tractor
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Novel Excerpt: Chapter 3, The Grapes of Wrath - "The Turtle" - p.766
Traveling Route 66
Time Magazine: "A Brief History of Route 66" by Christina Crapanzano
Explore the Health and Poverty Connection
What’s “black tongue”?
What’s pellagra?
Migrant Workers- California in the '30s
National Parks Service
American Memory: The Library of Congress
The Library of Congress
“Route 66”- written and performed by Bobby Troup
“Ghost of Tom Joad” - written and performed by Bruce Springsteen; covered and rearranged by Rage Against the Machine
“Battle Hymn of the Republic”- William Steffe
Turner Classic Movies: clips, synopsis, cast list and more.
Missed part of the film? Check out this full scene by scene synopsis.
Disney/Pixar's film, Cars, also offers some great connections - especially with the song "Our Town".
"Our Town" music and lyrics by Randy Newman, performed by James Taylor