Teaching American History Project

Roaring 20s and The Great Depression

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

Advertising and Consumerism of the 1920s
Grade 11 - Lindsey Hepple
Ad Page 1
Ad Page 2
Ad Page 3
Ad Page 4

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

Analyzing the Great Depression
Grade 11 - Scott Hurwitz

The Civilian Conservation Corps
Grade 8 - Melissa Szych

Discover the Real Depression
Grade 11 - Chris Brooks

The Dust Bowl
Grade 11 - Joan Galenski
Dust Bowl Poem
The Grapes of Wrath
Letters to Evelyn
Nature's Fury
So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh
Source Part 1
Source Part 2

Family Life During the Great Depression
Grades 8-10 - Marisa Birdsell

FDR and the New Deal
Grades 8-10 - Marisa Birdsell

Grapes of Wrath
Grade 8 - Barbara Siner

The Great Depression and New Deal Programs
Grade 8 - Anna Liisa Messier

The Great Depression and the New Deal
Grades 9-12 - Marisa Haralson

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


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

Hurricane of 1938
Grade 11 - Lorraine Dooley

Interpreting Political Cartoons of the Great Depression
Grades 9-12 - Karen Diaz

Interpreting Political Cartoons of the Roaring 20's
Grade 11 - Jarrid Clifton

The Lost Generation of Writers of the 1920s
Grade 11 - Lindsey Hepple

Music of the Great Depression
Grade 11 - Scott Hurwitz

The New Deal: Moving Toward Progress or Naive Ideology?
Grade 11 - Chelsea Lawrence

Reasons a Modern Civil Rights Movement Was Needed
Grades 9-12 - Christopher Morgan
Examples of Jim Crow Laws
1920's Application to the Klu Klux Klan

Reestablishing Faith in the American Presidency: FDR, the Depression and Barak Obama
Grade 11 - Chelsea Lawrence

Roaring 20s - The Impact of High School on its Students Over Time
Grade 11 - Kevin Mariano
Grandpap Cartoon
Example - Student high school surveys
Survey of Pathfinders of America from National Archives

Two Different Views on the Prohibition Act
Grades 9-12 - Sean Gilligan
Speeches on Prohibition
Prohibition Speech Analysis Sheet
Prohibition Letter Writing Activity

Untouchables Film Lesson Roaring 1920s
Ryan Broderick and Bobby Skarvelas

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