The 1930s Theme Unit

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The 1930's
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Make a Daily The 1930s Activity Lesson Plan Book

Daily The 1930s Activity Lesson Plan Book

Short Reading Comprehensions
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Destruction - The Dirty Thirties (Short Reader; Grade 6 Readability)

Reading Comprehensions
World War II
     World War II theme unit

Economics
     Social Security (Grades 7-9)
     The Great Depression Theme Unit

Historical/World Events
     Big, Black Blizzards! (Grades 1-3)
     Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster (Grades 4-6)
     Black Blizzards and the Dust Bowl (Grades 4-6)
     The Empire State Building (Grades 5-7)
     The Birth of the Hobbit (Grades 5-7)
     The Golden Gate Opens (Grades 5-7)
     The Dust Bowl (Grades 5-7)
     The Dust Bowl (Grades 6-8)
     Planet X Becomes Pluto (Grades 6-8)
     Hoover Dam (Grades 6-8)
     Alcoholics Anonymous (Grades 6-8)
     The Hindenburg Disaster (Grades 6-8)
     The Night of Broken Glass (Grades 6-8)
     The Statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro (Grades 7-9)
     A Time to Shine - The 1936 Olympics (Grades 7-9)
     Spanish Civil War (Grades 7-9)
     The Helicopter Flies High (Grades 7-9)
     The Long Island Express: The New England Hurricane of 1938 (Grades 7-9)

People
     Al "Scarface" Capone (Grades 5-7)

Entertainment
     Monopoly (Grades 5-7)

Book Units
    The Friendship (Grades 3-5)
    Al Capone Does My Shirts (Grades 3-7)
    A Year Down Yonder (Grades 4-7)
    Bud, Not Buddy (Grades 4-7)
    Out of the Dust (Grades 4-7)
    Al Capone Shines My Shoes (Grades 4-8)
    A Long Way from Chicago (Grades 5-8)
    Years of Dust (Grades 5-9)
    A Jar of Dreams (Grades 6-8)
    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Grades 6-8)
    Children of the Dust Bowl (Grades 7-12)
    The Grapes of Wrath (Grades 10-12)

The 1930s Mixed Review (multiple choice with writing questions)
     The 1930s first grade social studies questions
     The 1930s second grade social studies questions
     The 1930s third grade social studies questions
     The 1930s fourth grade social studies questions
     The 1930s fifth grade social studies questions
     The 1930s sixth grade social studies questions

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