Folklife Resources for Educators

Materials Related to New Deal, 1933-1939

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Dust Bowl Migration -- Primary Source Set
by Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/dust-bowl-migration/

Photographs, recorded music, and song lyrics document the daily ordeals of rural migrant families from the Great Plains during a decade marked by both the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. The resources in this primary source set are intended for classroom use. Includes a Dust Bowl Migration Teacher Guide (8 p. PDF), photographs, and sound recordings collected at California migrant labor camps, and a link to primary source analysis tools.

Grade Level: 6-8; 9-12	Curriculum: History and Social Studies; Art and Culture; Music
Resource Type: Primary sources; Audio recordings	Language: English
Subjects: United States--History--1933-1945; Labor history; United States--Social life and customs; Social history; Texas--Social life and customs; New Mexico--Social life and customs; Oklahoma--Social life and customs; California--Social life and customs; Music; Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939; Folk songs; Migration, Internal; Migrant agricultural laborers; New Deal, 1933-1939; Great Plains--Social life and customs Geographic locations: Great Plains; United States; Texas; Oklahoma; New Mexico; California

Sponsoring Organization:
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington DC 20540-1300
(202) 707-5000
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/

Zora Neale Hurston, the WPA in Florida, and the Cross City Turpentine Camp
by State Library and Archives of Florida
http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/zora_hurston/

Lesson plans, photographs, and writings related to Zora Neale Hurston's work for the Florida division of the Work Projects Administration (WPA) when she went on a recording expedition in 1939 to the turpentine camps in Cross City, Florida. Correlated to Florida State Standards, the lesson plans were created for grades 9-12 for a Language Arts and Social Studies curriculum. The primary source materials in this educational unit belong to the State Library and Archives of Florida's Florida Folklife Collection, available on the Florida Memory Web site.

Grade Level: 9-12	Curriculum: Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture
Resource Type: Primary sources; Lesson plans	Language: English
Subjects: Florida--Social life and customs; Folklore--Fieldwork; Labor history; Fieldwork (Educational method); African Americans; New Deal, 1933-1939; Occupations--Folklore; Authors Geographic locations: Florida

Sponsoring Organization:
State Library and Archives of Florida
500 S. Bronough Street
Tallahassee FL 32399-0250
(850) 245-6700
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/index.cfm

Other Organizations:
Florida Memory Project
State Library and Archives of Florida
Tallahassee FL 32399-0250
(850) 245-6700
http://www.floridamemory.com/

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