Oz Stories
by L. Frank Baum
1900 to 1939
Watch this brief overview
The first segment of this podcast is about the 1939 film
This space is set aside for a contextualizing narrative. It is available to either a contributing educator or for a student to submit.
Add to the discussion
The short video and the podcast segment bring up a few points, but you’re welcome to pick up where it left off. Record your conversation and submit it here.
The Oz titles were hugely popular in the 1900s. Why did only the first story found its way out of that era to become “timeless”?
What behavior and ideas are conveyed with all of the Oz tales?
Does the theory of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz being a story of Populism hold up?
Gallery
Submit your photos of posters, book and home video covers of these and other Oz titles.