Esther Bubley

Intended to be used with the Indiana Farm Security Administration Photographs Digital Collection - [LINK]http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/IFSAP[/LINK].A short biography and bibliography of works about Esther Bubley

Documentary Photography Today

Intended to be used with the Indiana Farm Security Administration Photographs Digital Collection - [LINK]http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/IFSAP[/LINK].In this curriculum activity, students examine and analyze the organization, Facing Change: Documenting America, a nonprofit collective that finances photographic projects on economic and social issues in America

Films that Depict the Great Depression

Intended to be used with the Indiana Farm Security Administration Photographs Digital Collection - [LINK]http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/IFSAP[/LINK].Bibliography of films made during the Great Depression and films set in the Great Depression

Using Letters

Intended to be used with the Indiana Farm Security Administration Photographs Digital Collection - [LINK]http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/IFSAP[/LINK].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

Russell Lee

Intended to be used with the Indiana Farm Security Administration Photographs Digital Collection - [LINK]http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/IFSAP[/LINK].A short biography and bibliography of works about Russell Lee

Writing a Newspaper Article

Intended to be used with the Indiana Farm Security Administration Photographs Digital Collection - [LINK]http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/IFSAP[/LINK].Students select one or more FSA photographs and write a newspaper article to go along with it

Using Music

Intended to be used with the Indiana Farm Security Administration Photographs Digital Collection - [LINK]http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/IFSAP[/LINK].In this curriculum activity, students listen to popular songs written during the Great Depression and find FSA photos that match prominent themes

Comparing to Family Photos

Intended to be used with the Indiana Farm Security Administration Photographs Digital Collection - [LINK]http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/IFSAP[/LINK].This curriculum activity has student compare FSA photographs with a family album or collection of photos taken during the Great Depression

Using Newspapers

Intended to be used with the Indiana Farm Security Administration Photographs Digital Collection - [LINK]http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/IFSAP[/LINK].Students look for newspaper articles that used Farm Security Administration photographs. Or, students read newspaper articles printed during the Great Depression and identify FSA photographs that could be used to illustrate the stories

Using Novels

Intended to be used with the Indiana Farm Security Administration Photographs Digital Collection - [LINK]http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/IFSAP[/LINK].This curriculum activity has students read Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson and select FSA photographs that reflect similar themes as the novel