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This lesson reimagines an existing instructional resource, "The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck" created by Franky Abbott, Digital Public Library of America. <https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-grapes-of-wrath-by-john-steinbeck>. In this remix, "The Grapes of Wrath" and the related primary source documents are exchanged for "Farewell to Manzanar" and related primary sources accessed through secondary open-source databases. Discussion questions ask students to consider the memoir in light of its historical context and students gain experience reading and evaluating visual sources including political cartoons and propaganda posters to understand how elements of rhetorical can shape and/or reflect cultural values.

Learning Goals

Evaluate historical context for writing using primary source documents
Read and understand visual media
Recognize and understand persuasive appeals
Compare and contrast texts
Use elements of persuasion to convey a message

title "Farewell to Manzanar by James D. Houston and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston" 2024 by Andrea Yarbough
under license"Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial"

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Farewell to Manzanar by James D. Houston and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

Created Jan. 24, 2024 by Andrea Yarbough

This is a remix of several original OpenSource documents. Please use these links to access related Open Source documents and lesson plan ideas connected to this activity:

Original GoOpenVA Source[1]:

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Facing History and Ourselves:

Bearing Witness to Japanese-American Incarceration

The Orange Story:

The Orange Story - Resources Connected to the Japanese-American Internment

[1]

Franky Abbott. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-grapes-of-wrath-by-john-steinbeck>.

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Standards

VA.ELA.10.1.h

Virginia English Standards of Learning 2017

Grade 10

Learning Domain: Communication and Multimodal Literacies

Standard: Choose vocabulary, language, and tone appropriate to the topic, audience, and purpose.

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VA.ELA.10.2

Virginia English Standards of Learning 2017

Grade 10

Learning Domain: Communication and Multimodal Literacies

Standard: The student will examine, analyze, and produce media messages.

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VA.ELA.10.2.e

Virginia English Standards of Learning 2017

Grade 10

Learning Domain: Communication and Multimodal Literacies

Standard: Analyze the purpose of information and persuasive techniques used in diverse media formats.

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VA.ELA.10.5

Virginia English Standards of Learning 2017

Grade 10

Learning Domain: Reading

Standard: The student will read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate nonfiction texts.

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VA.ELA.10.8.b

Virginia English Standards of Learning 2017

Grade 10

Learning Domain: Research

Standard: Analyze information gathered from diverse sources by identifying misconceptions, main and supporting ideas, conflicting information, and point of view or bias.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)