Five 25-minute lessons
Produced 2000
School use rights: 1 year
Grades 7-12 / Social Studies, History
Teachers Guide (available online)
Video Tape Library
In the late 1930s, the U.S. government commissioned the Federal Writers Project with an oral history project in which thousands of ordinary Americans took part. They described their lives and their experiences. This series reconstructs the work of the project and provides a unique and interesting look at America between the WWI and WWII.
1. Immigrant America
2. Boom and Bust
3. Hard Times
4. New Deal
5. Black America
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