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The Great Depression in the United States 1929 to 1940 Texas

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Writing, Directing and Performing a Play about the Great Depression The assignment of writing and performing a play for the class is a demonstration of constructivist and connectivist theory at work. This assignment is aimed at high school juniors and seniors who have been studying the Great Depression era in the US.

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  • 1. The Great Depression in the United States 1929 to 1940 Texas

2. Iowa 3. California 4. Oklahoma 5. Chicago 6. Kentucky 7. North Carolina 8. The following role assignments are optional but you can use these as a guide to help divide the work: Writer Director Lighting manager Costume department Prop master Sound engineer Promotional designer 9. California 10. North Carolina 11. Oklahoma 12. Good luck! 13. Image References Bourke-White. M. (1937). African Americans standing in front of Highest Stand of Living billboard [men and women in Louisville, Kentucky, line up seeking food and clothing from a relief station, in front of a billboard proclaiming, "World's Highest Standard of Living."]. Retrieved April 12, 2014 from http://life.time.com/behind-the-picture/the-american-way- photos-from-the-great-ohio-river-flood-of-1937/#1 Family on highway [Family walking on highway, five children]. (1938). Retrieved April 12, 2014 from http://historyinphotos.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html 14. Image References Lange.D. (1935) Philipinos cutting lettuce [Picking crops in California]. Retrieved April 12, 2014 from http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm Lange.D. (March 1937). Line-up of Unemployed, [Man leaning on wall waiting for the semi-monthly relief check at Calipatria, Imperial valley California]. Retrieved April 12, 2014 from http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm Lange.D. (1938). Line-up of Unemployed, [Part of the daily lineup outside the State Employment Service Office, Memphis, Tennessee]. Retrieved April 12, 2014 from http://www.americansuburbx.com/2013/04/dorothea-lange-in- the-face-of-all-odds-dorothea-langes-psychological-studies-of- the-depressions-disenfranchised-1986.html 15. Image References Lee.R. (March 1939). Squatters in Texas [Squatters in scrap metal home in San Antonio Texas]. Retrieved April 12, 2014 from http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.h tm Rothstein, A. (1936) A farmer and his two sons during a dust storm. Retrieved April 12, 2014 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl Tony Award Medallion. [An official 1983 publicity photograph of the Antoinette Perry Award medallion, popularly known as the "Tony Award"]. (1983). Retrieved April 12, 2014 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award 16. Image References Unemployed men queued outside a depression soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone, 02-1931-NARA-541927. [Unemployed men queued outside a depression soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone] (February 1931). Retrieved April 12, 2014 from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unemployed_men_queued_ outside_a_depression_soup_kitchen_opened_in_Chicago_by_Al_C apone,_02-1931_-_NARA_-_541927.jpg Vachon, J. (April 1940). Boys at a mission soup kitchen [Young boys at a city mission is Dubuque, Iowa]. Retrieved April 12, 2014 from http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.ht m Wolcott. M.P (November 1939). Corn shucking on farm near Fred Wilkins place, Granville County, North Carolina. Retrieved April 12, 2014 from http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa199801 4003/PP