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The Impact of the Great Depression on Texas Lesson PlanThe Impact of the Great Depression on Texas Lesson Plan
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The Impact of the Great Depression on Texas

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Seventh graders examine and discuss photographs taken during the Great Depression and the impact of the Great Depression on the U.S. They write research reports and create a mural depicting the lives of rural and urban families in the 1930's.

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texas, the dust bowl, the great depression

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