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Drought refugee family from McAlester, Oklahoma. Arrived in California October 1936 to join the cotton harvest. Near Tulare, California.

Figuring Somepin 'Bout the Great Depression

Lesson Four:   Putting It All Together
Objectives At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
  • create a scrapbook from a migrant's point of view, telling the migrant's story with photographs, migrant language, and documents selected from American Memory, and
  • demonstrate understanding of the role of the United States Government in the lives of the Depression-era migrants and incorporate this understanding in the scrapbook product.
Resources American Memory:

Procedure

  1. Students form small groups and compile a scrapbook of materials illustrating the perspective of the migrant selected in Lesson One.

  2. Give students lab time to compile the visuals necessary for the scrapbook.

  3. Give as much class time as you wish for students to create their scrapbooks.

  4. The scrapbook takes the point of view of a fictional migrant character, and includes documents detailing where the migrant traveled, the details of the journey, and what life was like in the California government camp.

  5. The scrapbook should include:

Evaluation

See Scrapbook Evaluation Rubric


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