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Great Depression: Entertainment Lesson Plan

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Great Depression: Entertainment

For Teachers 8th - 11th

Learners explore forms of entertainment during the Great Depression. In this 1930's America lesson, students consider what they do for fun today and compare to what Americans did for fun during the depression.

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