US History

December 8, 2015

Content Objective:

Students will demonstrate evaluation of life during the Great Depression by annotating letters written to Eleanor Roosevelt and writing letters.

Language Objective:

Students will read, record, and orally share out letters written as kids during the Great Depression beginning with the sentence stem, “Dear Madame President, recently my family has been experiencing…….”

Bellwork:

     Which group of people were more affected by the Great Depression, men or women?

 Write a letter to the first lady(2 Paragraphs) where you are:

Child of a farmer, after the Dust Bowl. 

 You can begin like this…

“Dear Madame President, recently my family has been experiencing…….”

Write a letter back where you are the first lady, responding to the child with a solution to the problem.