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ERIC Number: EJ463239
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Jefferson, Steinbeck, and "The Grapes of Wrath": The Failed Quest for Land.
Carey, Thomas J.; Zimmermann, Pamela
Social Education, v56 n7 p376-78 Nov-Dec 1992
Discusses the present ideal of land ownership compared to the views of Jeffersonian democracy. Traces the concept of the American dream and Jeffersonian ideals through Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath." Offers suggestions for teaching about the Great Depression and the novel by demonstrating the conflict of Jeffersonian ideals and the realities of contemporary life. (DK)
Descriptors: Farmers, History Instruction, Intellectual History, Interdisciplinary Approach, Land Acquisition, Literature, Ownership, Secondary Education, United States History
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Grapes of Wrath; Jefferson (Thomas); Jeffersonian Democracy; Oklahoma; Steinbeck (John)