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ERIC Number: EJ534978
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
To Mrs. Roosevelt, Who "Looks for the Poor" and to FDR: The CCC Is "A Vain Effort to Placate Youth." Teaching Ideas.
Cohen, Robert
Social Education, v60 n5 p295-97 Sep 1996
Utilizes letters to the First Lady and President Roosevelt as primary sources for a series of activities supporting a unit on the Great Depression. The letter to Mrs. Roosevelt asks for some old clothes for a needy family. The letter to President Roosevelt expresses dissatisfaction with his efforts. (MJP)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Impact, Federal Programs, Females, Homeless People, Instructional Materials, Junior High Schools, Letters (Correspondence), Middle Schools, Modern History, Poverty, Presidents of the United States, Public Agencies, Public Opinion, Secondary Education, Social Action, Social Problems, Social Responsibility, Social Studies, United States History, Units of Study, Youth Problems
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Great Depression; Roosevelt (Eleanor); Roosevelt (Franklin D)