Roaring 20s and the Great Depression

Last Wednesday and today, we had ROARING TWENTIES DAY and GREAT DEPRESSION DAY! All the fifth grade students dressed up each day like they would have if they lived during that time period. For the Roaring 20s Day, they experienced DANCING the Charleston, writing and singing the blues and learning about Jazz music and musicians. For Great Depression Day, the students learned about the Dust Bowl, entertainment during the Depression, played a stock market simulation game, and heard some of Roosevelt's Fireside chats. WOW!!! History sure did come to life for our fifth graders!