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Item IFSAP Study Guide and Curriculum Materials(2013-01-30) Durrant, SummerA 32-page study guide that provides an overall history of the Farm Security Administration and its photographic project in Indiana and 30 curriculum resources and 40 curriculum activities.Item Using Letters(2012-11-27) Durrant, SummerStudents read letters written during the Great Depression and write an essay about the themes and issues expressed in the letters. Or, students can select an FSA photograph and write a letter to President Roosevelt about what they need.Item Putting a Photo into Words(2012-11-27) Durrant, SummerIn this curriculum activity, students select one or more FSA photos that convey an idea or message and write an essay about it.Item Using Music(2012-11-27) Durrant, SummerIn this curriculum activity, students listen to popular songs written during the Great Depression and find FSA photos that match prominent themes.Item Making a Documentary(2012-11-27) Durrant, SummerStudents work in small groups to create a docudrama of several minutes in length that incorporates Farm Security Administration photographs.Item Using Novels(2012-11-27) Durrant, SummerThis curriculum activity has students read Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson and select FSA photographs that reflect similar themes as the novel.Item Using Oral Histories(2012-11-27) Durrant, SummerThis curriculum activity has students read a life history, such as Stud Terkel's Hard Times: an Oral History of the Great Depression and analyze the experiences of the person.Item Writing a Research Paper(2012-11-27) Durrant, SummerStudents write a research paper on one of eight topics: back to the land movement, bank foreclosures, conservation, cooperatives, crop improvements, gardens, mortgages, or the Townsend Plan.Item Creative Writing(2012-11-27) Durrant, SummerStudents try their hand at creative writing by writing a poem, short story, play, film script, or essay about living in Indiana during the Great Depression. Students can examine FSA photographs to better understand what economic and social conditions were like in the 1930s.Item Comparing Indiana with Another State(2012-11-27) Durrant, SummerThis curriculum activity has students compare FSA photographs taken in Indiana with another state.