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Unit III: Lesson Six

American Memory

 

You may also wish to assign students to search the American Memory collections for additional primary source materials (pictures, maps, films, documents, etc.) about family life in the Great Depression.

1. Demonstrate how to use the Time pathfinder on the Learning Page to access collections of primary sources by decade.

  1. Go to the Getting Started section of the Learning Page.
  2. You will notice that searching is available by Time, People, Events, Places, and Topics.
  3. Click on Time.

2. Instruct students to select the Historical Era, The Great Depression and World War II - 1929-1945. This presents the list of the American Memory collections of primary source materials related to the years 1930-1939.

3. Students search the American Memory collections for additional primary source materials (pictures, maps, films, documents, etc.) about family life in the Great Depression.

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