Teaching American History Project

Roaring 20s & The Great Depression

Life cover couple dancing Depression-era men seek work Photo: Elliot Ness, the Untouchables New Deal political cartoon


1920s: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
Grades 10-11- Cynthia Petrie

Alphabet Soup Job Descriptions - New Deal Programs
Grade 11 - Shelley Manning, Morgan Perry

Analyzing the Great Depression
Grade 11 - Scott Hurwitz

Discover the Real Depression
Grade 11 - Chris Brooks

The Dust Bowl
Grade 11 - Joan Galenski
Lesson
Dust Bowl Poem
The Grapes of Wrath
Letters to Evelyn
Nature's Fury
So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh
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The Great Depression and New Deal Programs
 Grade 8 - Anna Liisa Messier

The Great Depression and the New Deal
Grades 9-12 - Kate Walsh

Music of the Great Depression
Grade 11 - Scott Hurwitz

The Great Depression: A Study Through Song
Grades 9-12 - Ryan Broderick, Bobby Skarvelas

Untouchables Film Lesson Roaring 1920s
Ryan Broderick, Bobby Skarvelas