1. 23-4: Society and Culture

2. Gone With the Wind What was it: Film/Novel Who created it or appeared in it? Movie Stars: Vivien Leigh and Clark Gabel; Author of the novel: Margaret Mitchell What was its theme? Life among Southern Plantation owners during the Civil War http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mM8iNarcRc

3. Duck Soup What was it: Film Who created it or appeared in it? Staring Groucho Marx and the Marx Brothers What was its theme? Life in Fredonia a fictional country Comedy/offered escape http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdQ9jh5GvQ8

4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington What was it: Film Who created it or appeared in it? Director, Frank Capra, and Movie Star: Jimmy Stewart What was its theme? Honest, kindhearted people win out over greedy special interest groups http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWyEc7FAMTg

5. The War of the Worlds What was it: Radio Play/Book Who created it or appeared in it? Author of the book- H.G. Wells and creator of the radio drama- Orson Welles What was its theme? Martian Invasion of Grover Mills NJ, heading toward NYC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTvU9j3og5k

6. Waiting For Lefty What was it: Play Who created it or appeared in it? Clifford Odets What was its theme? Labor struggles of the 1930s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPkXbFJqINE

7. Native Son What was it: Novel Who created it or appeared in it? Richard Wright What was its theme? The difficulties faced by young men trying to survive in a racist world http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31e2 UNBUWe4

8. The Grapes of Wrath What was it: Novel Who created it or appeared in it? John Steinbeck What was its theme? Difficulties faced by Oklahomans who leave the Dust Bowl for California http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYFJmm0a K-8&feature=related

9. U.S.A What was it: A three-part novel Who created it or appeared in it? John Dos Passos What was its theme? 20 th Century American History http://college.hmco.com/english/heath/syllabuild/iguide/dospasso.html

10. Our Town What was it: A play Who created it or appeared in it? Thornton Wilder What was its theme? Warmth and Beauty of small-town life in New England http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt11UpxVUDU

11. American Gothic What was it: A Painting Who created it or appeared in it? Grant Wood What was its theme? (2 stern faced Farmers) = Rural life during the Depression