Instructional Video5:02
Curated Video

Society's Impact on Literature

K - 8th
A video entitled “Society’s Impact on Literature” which evaluates the level of impact that society has on literature.
Instructional Video11:19
Schooling Online

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men - Theme of Violence and Male Aggression

3rd - Higher Ed
Unpredictable personalities, delicate egos, and poor anger management are a recipe for disaster. Who can step in as a role model? In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck shows us what can happen when misunderstandings and tensions occur...
Instructional Video11:01
Schooling Online

Powering Through Prose: John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men - Chapters 1-2 Summary

3rd - Higher Ed
George and Lennie are two best friends who share a dream - it’s what they work for. But Lennie’s intellectual disability often leads to trouble that George must get them out of. When they arrive at a new workplace to earn their fortune,...
Instructional Video9:00
Schooling Online

Powering Through Prose: John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men - Chapters 3-4 Summary

3rd - Higher Ed
George and Lennie are making friends on the ranch. George has been given a puppy and there’s a nice elderly worker who wants to join them in the dream of owning their own place. But wait, there’s trouble brewing! Curley, the ranch...
Instructional Video10:54
Schooling Online

Powering Through Prose: John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men - Plot Summary

3rd - Higher Ed
Welcome to California during the Great Depression, a time of hardship and broken dreams. George and Lennie are like countless other men who travel across America looking for work. But they’re an interesting pair; they’re best friends...
Instructional Video13:46
Schooling Online

Powering Through Prose: John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men - Chapters 5-6 Summary

3rd - Higher Ed
Things aren’t going well on the ranch. The fact that Lennie doesn’t know his own strength leads to shocking mishaps - but the worst is yet to come. When Curley’s lonely wife goes looking for attention, she finds it in the wrong place....
Instructional Video3:06
PBS

American Masters: The American Dream in the Grapes of Wrath

9th - 12th Standards
For many farmers displaced by the Great Depression and the droughts of the 1930s, California represented the American Dream: a place to find work, to establish a new life, and to provide for their families. The reality they found, as...
Instructional Video5:44
PBS

Documenting the Dust Bowl

7th - 12th Standards
Paul Taylor's interviews and Dorothea Lange's photographs bring to life the unimaginable devastation of the Dust Bowl. After watching a short video from PBS, viewers are asked to imagine how they would react, whether they would stay or...
Instructional Video3:19
Biography

John Steinbeck- Mini Biography

7th - 12th
John Steinbeck, called the voice of working-class Americans, is the subject of this mini-biography that includes interviews and images to provide an overview of his life and works.
Audio
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: The Grapes for Wrath

9th - 10th
Resource provides a description and a guide to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, homework assignments, project...
Audio
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: The Grapes for Wrath Audio Guide

9th - 10th
John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath audio guide is narrated by Dana Gioia and features Ed Harris, Jay Parini, Bill Ramsey, Richard Rodriguez, Susan Shillinglaw, Kevin Starr, Thom Steinbeck, Susan Straight, Rick Wartzman, and the music...
Instructional Video
Other

Reading Through History: History Brief: John Steinbeck

9th - 10th
This video provides a brief introduction to the life of author John Steinbeck, including his major works and awards he received. [3:40]
Instructional Video
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Grapes of Wrath

9th - 10th
A short video [2:52] about where the title for John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath came from.
Instructional Video
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Of Mice and Men

9th - 10th
This resource provides a short video about the American literary classic, Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck. [3:24]