mary ledbetter, m. ed. ut elementary school - austin, texas fifth grade teacher
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The Great Depression and Dust Bowl Era
Mary Ledbetter, M. Ed.UT Elementary School - Austin, TexasFifth Grade Teacher
An Integrated Instructional Approach
The important thing about teaching the Great Depression, is that it gives your students an opportunity to develop empathy and understanding about the past so that they can apply those lessons to the future.
It is fun, meaningful and relevant to their lives. It isn’t rote memorization of dates and names. It is full of sights, sounds, and experiences that
make them want to know more. The important thing about teaching the Great
Depression is that it gives my students a frame of reference for their lives and helps them become empathetic, thoughtful citizens.
Language Arts and Social Studies integrated through Literature and Multi-Media Experiences
Great Depression Art and Literature: Novels – Out of the Dust, Hesse &
Esperanza Rising, Muñoz-Ryan Picture books – Rudy Rides the Rails,
Mackall Poetry – Celebrating America complied by
Whipple Art – No Work (1935) Blanche Grambs Photos - Migrant Mother (1936)
Dorothea Lange Letters – Dear Mrs. Roosevelt…
Language Arts and Social Studies integrated through Literature and Multi-Media Experiences
Great Depression Multi-Media: Artifacts – JackDaw, Pub. and Teacher
Created Materials, Inc. On-line Museum and supplemental
resources – The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
On-line Radio, News, and Music recordings/lyrics
On-line Video footage – United Streaming
On-line lessons - Brain Pop PBS – The American Experience website
If I Were…
Migrant Mother lesson using poetry writing, art, & read alouds Photographic Art analysis Read aloud Student Writing - If I Were… Student Art"Nipomo, Calif. March 1936.
Migrant agricultural worker's family.Seven hungry children and theirmother, aged 32. The father
is a native Californian." Migrant Mother, 1936
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/migrantmother.htm
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The Important Thing…
…about teaching the Great Depression is _____________________________________. It is ________________________________. It isn’t ______________________________.It __________________________________.But the important thing about
teaching the Great Depression is_____________________.