Unit on the Great Depression @ Poston Road Elementary 4th grade!

My co-teacher and I created integrative lessons on the Great Depression. We had the students participate in groups and create Tableau's (still pictures, motionless acting) describing a scene during this time. They had so much fun with it (seen in the 3rd picture)! When we tapped on their shoulder they gave a brief summary of what their part was and why it was important during the Great Depression. The first 2 pictures were our 'remembering' the Great Depression day where we dressed up as people from Hoovervilles during this era and gave the students old, torn and burned paper to write a reflection of the unit while they listened to music from this time.