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    IFSAP Study Guide and Curriculum Materials
    (2013-01-30) Durrant, Summer
    A 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.
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    Creative Writing
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    Students 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.
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    Making a Documentary
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    Students work in small groups to create a docudrama of several minutes in length that incorporates Farm Security Administration photographs.
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    Writing a Shooting Script
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    This curriculum activity has students write their own detailed shooting scripts based on the ones written by Roy Stryker for FSA photographers.
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    Using Music
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    In this curriculum activity, students listen to popular songs written during the Great Depression and find FSA photos that match prominent themes.
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    Using Letters
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    Students 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.
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    Putting a Photo into Words
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    In this curriculum activity, students select one or more FSA photos that convey an idea or message and write an essay about it.
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    Using Novels
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    This curriculum activity has students read Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson and select FSA photographs that reflect similar themes as the novel.
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    Conducting an Interview Worksheet
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    This worksheet guides students through the process of interviewing a relative or older member of their community about their life experiences during the Great Depression.
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    What Is In a Sign?
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    This curriculum activity has students examine signs found in Farm Security Administration photographs.