Ms. P"s Social Studies Podcast

Welcome students to our very first podcast! In this lesson, we will be studying the great depression and the migrant worker through the art of Woody Gurthrie and John Steinbeck. Throught their work, they attempted to use symbolism, irony, and the attitude of the common man to get their message out. While you listen, I want you to try to recognize thematic parallels between Woody Guthrie's music and The Grapes of Wrath and take notes of the similarities. Hopefully you will develop an