Grade Levels of Activities

The offline activities are designed to prompt a close look at individual artworks. There are many

ways to adapt the activities to the time you want to spend on the topic and the grade level and

number of your students. Adjust the number of works at which younger students look.

For example, a kindergarten teacher may show the students one or two artworks, perhaps the paint-

ings of the workers

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the woman ironing and the street repair crew. The children will bring their own

experience with workers to interpret the pieces with the guidance of the teacher. (e.g. Can we still

see these workers and jobs today? Can women be seen on road crews today? How do you think each

worker feels about his/her job? How do you know? Where are the workers located? How do you

know?) After the talk, the students can each draw a picture of a worker and job they know, talking

about tools, materials, location, etc.

Depression Era Web sites

The National Archives and Records Administration site

https://www.nara.gov/exhall/newdeal/newdeal.html

Library of Congress. American Memory; Farm Home Administration Photo Database. 55,000 b & w,

1,600 color photographs of American from the great Depression to World War II.

https://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html