Just a reminder to please, finish watching the "Grapes of Wrath" (which we began during Wednesday's History class if you were missing). This assignment will be due on Wednesday, October 30th of next week. The film is available to watch on CDN Netflix as well as number of other free online sources (you will have no trouble locating it!). The assignment criteria for the film is as follows:
The Grapes of Wrath Movie Review
“Set during the Great Depression, the
novel focuses on the Joads, a poor family of tenant farmers driven from
their Oklahoma home by drought,
economic hardship, and changes in the agricultural industry forcing tenant
farmers out of work. Due to their nearly hopeless situation, and in part
because they were trapped in the Dust Bowl, the Joad family
set out for California. Along with thousands of other "Okies", they sought
jobs, land, dignity, and a future.”
For this assignment, your task will be to
identify which concepts of the Great Depression are conveyed through the film,
“The Grapes of Wrath”. Using your student workbook as a guide to help you
identify key terms and concepts, watch the film with a critical eye in order to
help you recognize how the concepts discussed in your book manifest themselves
throughout the film.
The assignment will be assessed according
to the standard written response rubric that has been consistently used
throughout the course. In order to do well on this assignment, please ensure
that your response meets the following criteria:
·
Typed in WRCA format
·
Approximately 750-1000 words in
length
·
Thesis statement
·
Use of student workbook vocabulary
words throughout
·
Frequent usage of quotes and
specific references from the film
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