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"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime," The Great Depression, The Library of Congress American Memory Fellows Program

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Title:  "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime," The Great Depression, The Library of Congress American Memory Fellows Program
Page address:  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lesson98/dime/student.html

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Author/Organization:  The Library of Congress, American Fellows Program
Root site address:  http://memory.loc.gov

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ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
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GED Descriptor(s):    social studies

Description:
This site is an interactive web quest to learn about The Great Depression . Students will gain insight into the lives of people who lived during the Great Depression by studying photographs and life histories. Students can read Life Histories from American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writer's Project, 1936-1940. These life histories were written based on actual interviews of people who lived during the Great Depression. Life Histories include the following: Anna Alden Minnie Caranfa, Experiences of a Farm Owner, Miss Henrietta C. Dozier , Four Families, Mountain Town , I Managed to Carry On, Not Much of a Day for Walking, Squatter, Unwelcome Caller and many more. Students can see photographs from America from the Great Depression to WW II, 1935-1945 in American Memory at the Library of Congress .

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bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > determination/perseverance
bullet Hardships > adversity
bullet Hardships > problem solving
bullet Hardships > survival
bullet History > region > U.S. history > Great Depression


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