Lessons:
“Black Boy,” by Richard Wright.
The Jim Crow South after the Great Depression
Senior English, Social Studies
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/2560.html
The Great Depression to FDR’s New Deal
Senior history
teachers.net/lessons/posts/2496.html
Walking in Their Worn Out Shoes:- Life and Times of the Great Depression
Upper Elementary Social Studies. One month unit
teachers.net/lessons/posts/2996.html
"Dollar Votes," Roles of Different Economies
Senior Social Studies
teachers.net/lessons/posts/3876.html
"Economics Makes Cents" UNIT for third graders
Elementary Social Studies
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/2343.html
Homeless or luxurious
Help students learn to function as economically literate citizens through the development of personal consumer economic skills.
Senior, Economics
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1807.html
The New Deal
Students analyze how the Great Depression affected children
Middle School Social Studies
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/925.html
Expressing Money
Expressing sums of money in different ways; listening comprehension
Primary
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/2007.html
Money Board
Students use coins glued to magnets to show the amount of money corresponding to the number representing the date
Adaptable for Pre-k – Primary Math
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/472.html
Money Trading Song (piggyback)
Piggyback song teaches the relative values of coins
Primary Math
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1326.html
Money Activities
Books and activites to use to teach counting, sorting, patterns, matching, size order, uses of money
Pre-School Mathematics, Language, Science, Soc. Studies, Art integrated
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/2888.html
Math Center Activities
Elementary Mathematic
Center ideas for teaching math concepts in small groups
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/549.html
From the Teachers.Net Gazette Archive
Teaching Perseverance Through Adversity-A History Lesson
by Lawrence F. Roberge M.S.
http://teachers.net/gazette/APR02/roberge.html
An additional resource:
Goldie's Fortune: A Story of the Great Depression (Doll Hospital, Book 2) (Paperback)
by Joan Holub (Author), Cheryl Kirk Noll (Illustrator)
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