Pears, Pickles, and the Cost of Living: History as a Barometer of the Times. Documents in the Classroom.

Hodysh, Henry

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ERIC Number: EJ566909

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Pears, Pickles, and the Cost of Living: History as a Barometer of the Times. Documents in the Classroom.

Hodysh, Henry

Canadian Social Studies, v32 n1 p28-29,33 Fall 1997

Presents a lesson plan that utilizes a document presented by students to the President of the University of Alberta in 1930. The document lists the prices (with increases) for food and other commodities and concludes with a succinct analysis of why students are moving off campus. (MJP)

Descriptors: College Students, Consumer Economics, Costs, Educational History, Expenditures, Food, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Primary Sources, Secondary Education, Social History, Social Studies, Student Costs, Student Needs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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