Literature: "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum

These sites are about the book “The Wizard of Oz” and the 1939 movie by MGM. Includes information on author L. Frank Baum, literature guides, lesson plans, vocabulary words, and discussion questions. Read the entire book online and download the movie script. Play online games about the book.

Grades

• 1,
• 2,
• 3,
• 4,
• 5,
• 6,
• 7

Links

• Teaching The Wizard of Oz, Both the Book and the Movie

  This site provides lesson plans intended for seventh- and eighth-grade drama students. It provides a set of study questions for each chapter. There is also an activity for students to write their own screenplay.

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• Literature Guide

  This literature guide has different activities for "The Wizard of Oz."

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• Brief Overview of the Oz books

  Read a brief article about the book and movie. Includes an illustration from the book.

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• Summary and Review of the Movie

  Read a review and summary about the movie. NOTE:This site contains pop-up ads.

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• Coloring Page

  Print out and color this page. The picture includes the main characters from the book and movie.

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• ThinkQuest: L. Frank Baum

  Read this short biography of the author. Click on "To the Quiz Page" to take a short quiz on his life and the book.

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• Quia: Wizard of Oz Millionaire Game

  Try this fun game based on the book.

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• Scholastic

  Here are two activity ideas for introducing the book to the class.

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• FactMonster: Frank L. Baum

  Read this short biography of the author. NOTE: The site includes pop-up and banner ads.

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Education Standards

• AL
  • 6
  • 6.1
  • 6.2
  • 6.2
  • 6.3
  • 7
  • 7.1
• MO
  • 1
  • 1.2
  • 1.4
  • 1.5
  • 1.6
  • 1.8
  • 2
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6

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Created: August 26, 2002 at 02:03 | Updated: December 06, 2012 at 19:46