{"id":258,"date":"2012-03-06T22:57:03","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T22:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonahangen.com\/wsc\/us2\/?p=258"},"modified":"2012-06-13T13:54:29","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T13:54:29","slug":"the-thirties-unit-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tonahangen.com\/wsc\/us2\/2012\/03\/the-thirties-unit-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thirties (Unit 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve talked about the economics and culture of the Depression era (1929-1932). Here’s how the rest of this unit on the 1930s will look. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Wed 3\/7 – The New Dea<\/a>l<\/strong>. Readin<\/a>g EH Ch 25 697-706<\/p>\n

Fri 3\/9 – a peer review day<\/strong> for drafts of your primary source paper. Bring a printed draft of your paper to class<\/strong>, whatever you have, at whatever stage it’s in. For the full guidelines on this project, see the PS Paper<\/a> tab above. <\/p>\n

Mon 3\/12 – Po<\/a>pular Culture i<\/a>n the 1930s<\/strong>. Reading EH Ch 25 706-714<\/p>\n

Helpful Links: <\/u>
\n1939 at the Smithsonian Museum of American History<\/a>
\nThe New Deal <\/a>(Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute)
\nAmerica in the 1930s <\/a>(University of Virginia)
\nPopular Music of the 1930s<\/a> (Songbook<\/em> blog)
\nA 1936 episode of Li’l Orphan Annie<\/a> (and memories of this from A Christmas Story<\/a><\/i>)
\nWPA Posters<\/a> from the Library of Congress
\nFSA-OWI Photograph collection,<\/a> Library of Congress
\nFrances Perkins Center<\/a>, honoring Worcester’s own, the first woman named to a Presidential cabinet (she was FDR’s Secretary of Labor for 12 years)
\nWar of the Worlds on radio<\/a> (30 October 1938)
\nTwo versions of the 1936 popular song “Pennies from Heaven” – Bing Crosby<\/a> and Billie Holliday<\/a><\/p>\n

Wed 3\/14 – Exam #3<\/strong>, in class. This one will be closed book\/closed notebook. Use the unit’s pretest<\/a> as a study guide. <\/p>\n

Fri 3\/16 – Primary Source Project is due<\/strong> in class. We will be screening scenes from an iconic film of the 1930s, The Grapes of Wrath<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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