Woody’s classroom

LESSON PLANS

All lesson plans are the intellectual property of Woody Guthrie Center®. They are intended for educational purposes only.

All Grades

• Museum Pre- and Post-Visit Activities
• Woody Guthrie Prize Research Lesson

Elementary School

• This Land Is Your Land Lesson
• What Was the Dust Bowl Lesson
• Woody Guthrie Unit Lesson Created by Abby Lopez & Celia Clinton

Middle School

• Growing Up in Okemah Lesson
• Ballad of Tom Joad Lesson on Elements of Fiction

High School

• Migrant Farmworkers and the Great Depression Lesson
• Reading Visual Images Lesson
• Tulsa Race Riot Part 1 Lesson
• Tulsa Race Riot Part 2 Lesson
• Don’t Kill My Baby and My Son Lesson
• Deportee and the Bracero Lesson

VIRTUAL TOURS

Woody Guthrie was an amazing artist as well as a songwriter; he created art out of everything. At the Woody Guthrie Center, there are several examples of his work on display, demonstrating his prolific, creative, and passionate nature.

This YouTube playlist gives teachers and students a sneak peek at some of those items. Watch the videos in advance of your visit or to experience the center virtually.

RESOURCES

Below is a selection of materials from other sources to share with your students.

• Lesson plans from Woody Guthrie Publications
• Using letters by, to, and about Woody Guthrie, the Library of Congress has developed extensive lessons about him as well as 20th century U.S. history
• High school lesson plans developed by PBS from the Ken Burns film The Dust Bowl
• Animated music videos to popular Woody Guthrie songs
• Educational resources related to the world and American folk music from Smithsonian Folkways
• Hip-hop history and experience lesson plans from Teach Rock