Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Photographs from the Great Depression: Jacob Have I Loved 

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the Great Depression and World War II. In this Great Depression lesson, students analyze photographs of the depression era as they begin reading Katherine Paterson's Jacob Have I Loved.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A New Deal for the Arts - WPA Photographs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine school life during the 1930s. They discuss the Great Depression and the New Deal, examine and discuss photographs from the Library of Congress website, and complete a worksheet about school life during the Great Depression.