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=When Enough Was Enough: A Joint 11th grade/3rd grade project on the Great Depression=

Introduction
The Great Depression that took place in the 1930's produced record unemployment, bank failures, famine in the Great Plains and suffering on a record scale. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the oath of office on March 4, 1933 and told the American people, "that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" he was trying to bolster the sagging confidence of a nation. The American people had lost confidence in their financial and political institutions and FDR was trying on his first day as president to steady the ship of state.

The road to recovery was long and difficult and required great sacrifice. The United States did not truly recover economically until the 1940's, but in the decade of the 1930's, amidst the struggles, there were simple stories of survival and making do.

The goal of this project is to help our students learn about these stories using the pictures and the words of the people who lived through it.

11th graders get an overview of the Great Depression Step 2 ** 11th graders locate photographs from the FSA collection and identify pictures that they believe tell the story of the Depression. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/  11th graders do a group reading of //The Grapes of Wrath// and identify passages from the book that help to tell the story of the Great Depression and watch the segment on the Great Depression from The First Measured Century. They will also watch //Surviving the Dust Bowl// **( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/ **) http://www.pbs.org/fmc/segments/progseg6.htm  3rd graders watch excerpts of the PBS film, The Great Depression located at: http://documentary-films.tv/film_depression.html and review NY Times front page articles leading up to the Crash of 1929 located at: http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/index-1929-crash.html 3rd graders learn about the letters that children wrote to Mrs. Roosevelt located at: and look at some selected WPA Life Histories located at: http://rs6.loc.gov/wpaintro/wpahome.html  The goal is for them to select letters and excerpts from the life histories that they believe tell the story of the Great Depression or to record interviews from family members/friends using the Gabcast site.  ** Step 5 ** Small groups of students (based on Buddy Groups) complete the exercise, “Every Picture Tells A Story” located at: <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-weight: bold; msoansifontweight: bold;">http://chnm.gmu.edu/fsa/ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> 11th graders produce 4-5 minute PhotoStory film making use of the FSA photographs at the same time 3rd graders are producing audio files (same length). Possibilities include audio recordings of the “Dear Mrs. Roosevelt” and “WPA Life Histories” and “Voice From the Dustbowl.” Step 7 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Buddy groups work together to merge the audio files and the PhotoStory movies or create a podcast on what they learned about the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. (BUDDY DAY) Step 8 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Groups work together on an visual/audio exercise focusing on “When Enough Was Enough” which is designed to teach them about social responsibility. (BUDDY DAY) Step 9 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Projects, visual and audio, are posted. Resources ** <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· //<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Let Us Now Praise Famous Men //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> by James Agee and Walker Evans, //<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontstyle: italic;">· ////  [|Documenting America]   //// by //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Alan Trachtenberg, //<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontstyle: italic;">· // // Long Time Coming // // byMichael Lesy // <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-weight: bold; msoansifontweight: bold;">http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/03/17/030317crbn_brieflynoted4 //<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· // // Out of the Forties // // by Nicholas Lehman// //<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· // // NPR story on The Grapes of Wrath // **<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-weight: bold; msoansifontweight: bold;">http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/grapesofwrath/ ** <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> **<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Supplemental Exercises ** <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-weight: bold; msoansifontweight: bold;">http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/new_deal_for_the_arts/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-weight: bold; msoansifontweight: bold;">http://www.authentichistory.com/1930s/music/01.html http://www.authentichistory.com/1930s/dustbowl/01.html <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-weight: bold; msoansifontweight: bold;">http://www.authentichistory.com/1930s/cartoons/FDR_courtpacking.html <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-weight: bold; msoansifontweight: bold;">http://www.authentichistory.com/1930s/otr/index.html <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">
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 * 1) **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Arts and the New Deal **
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">**Music and the New Deal**
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">**Political Cartoons and the New Deal**
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">**1930’s Radio**