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Children and the Great Depression - Digital History
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6 to 9
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This site has letters written to Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, during the Depression. Use them to teach lessons about that difficult time to younger students....more
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This site has letters written to Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, during the Depression. Use them to teach lessons about that difficult time to younger students. These may serve as an important discussion tool in helping students understand the very real distress suffered by many families during the Depression. Click Teacher Resources to find lesson plans for grades 3-12, PDF docuements categorized as Human Meaning of the Depression, Children Turn to the President, Government Responds to the Young, and Magpie Sings the Great Depression.
tag(s): franklin (10), great depression (28), new deal (5), roosevelt (12)
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This site might serve as an important resource during a study of the Great Depression. It can be helpful for students to appreciate the individual hardships suffered by families; these stories are more real than the more complex accounts of financial disasters and bank failures. Students might also be encouraged to compare the requests of these children to their own "wish lists," or consider the ways that social service agencies ought to focus their efforts to assist the poor. Because this is a part of a larger site focused on the New Deal (click at the bottom of the Teacher Resources page), the link leads to a photo archive that could be used as part of a presentation on an Interactive Whiteboard or projector.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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