Does the Wonderful Wizard of Oz have a hidden message? by Rachel Thompson https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl A history teacher named, Mr. Littlefield, suggested that the L. Frank Baum novel contained a hidden meaning. Allegories and symbols are supposed to represent key individuals and developments of the Gilded Age. Predict/ research what these different components of the story are supposed to represent in reference to the Gilded Age. en-us 2022-09-29 20:19:27 UTC 2026-07-11 12:50:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4b0.png scarecrow are the farmers https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3148532473 2024-10-01 15:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3148532473 william jennings brian is the lion, demonstrating how he was a coward not speaking up, for the farmers https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150379081 2024-10-02 14:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150379081 the munchkins represent innocence, joy, and the spirit of community https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150382358 2024-10-02 14:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150382358 https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150392386 Emerald city is Washington D.C. because that is where the government is taken place:)

]]> 2024-10-02 14:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150392386 https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150393308 tin woodman represents the depriving laborers of the steel industry and its failures

]]> 2024-10-02 14:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150393308 Farmers are the scarecow because the scarecrow is said to be lacking a brain, similar to how farmers were viewed during this period https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150394758 2024-10-02 14:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150394758 The tinman represents the workers https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150397870 2024-10-02 14:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150397870 The munchkins where theorized to represent the "little people" otherwise the poor enslaved (by industry) workers https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150398410 2024-10-02 14:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150398410 https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150402413 yellow brick road was the gold and wealth of the industrialists

]]> 2024-10-02 14:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150402413 https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150402773 Wicked Witch of the east represents financial industrial interest.

]]> 2024-10-02 14:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150402773 The Witch symbolizes eastern financial interests and their political allies who support the new gold standards. https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150403361 2024-10-02 14:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150403361 https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150403473 The silver slippers represented the free silver American citizens received in the 1890s.

]]> 2024-10-02 14:22:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150403473 https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150404644 Farmers are the scarecrow

]]> 2024-10-02 14:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150404644 tin woodman represent the industrial workers https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150782032 2024-10-02 18:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelthompsonhistory/l4lqu5d4qk58o1bl/wish/3150782032