Students re-enact life in the Great Depression - The Daily News Journal
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Students re-enact life in the Great Depression The Daily News Journal Residents of Hooverville read the newspaper and prepare for their day at a living museum created Friday by McFadden School of Excellence students as part of a social studies lesson on the Great Depression. / submitted photos MURFREESBORO — Student ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:27:54 AM
Book Report: 'The Mighty Miss Malone' - Pittsburg Morning Sun (blog)
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Book Report: 'The Mighty Miss Malone' Pittsburg Morning Sun (blog) When her beloved father leaves to find work, Deza, Mother and her older brother Jimmie go in search of him, and end up in a Hooverville outside Flint, Mich. Jimmie's beautiful voice inspires him to leave the camp to be a performer, while Deza and ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:27:54 AM
Flint-born author Christopher Paul Curtis sets depression-era children's novel ... - The Flint Journal - MLive.com
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 The Flint Journal - MLive.com | Flint-born author Christopher Paul Curtis sets depression-era children's novel ... The Flint Journal - MLive.com Author Christopher Paul Curtis's new book, published in January, "The Mighty Miss Malone," starts off in Gary, Indiana before the protagonist's family troubles land them in "a Hooverville outside Flint, Michigan." There, Deza Malone, her mother and ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:27:54 AM
River Eves fifth-graders build 'Hooverville' - NorthFulton.com
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River Eves fifth-graders build 'Hooverville' NorthFulton.com Did you ever meet anyone from Hooverville? Never heard of it? Then you should ask the fifth-grade students at River Eves Elementary School, because they can tell you all about it. They built a replica of a "Hooverville" – named after President Herbert ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:27:54 AM
PICTURE THIS: Pack the House Night at Waynesboro Area Senior High School - Waynesboro Record Herald
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PICTURE THIS: Pack the House Night at Waynesboro Area Senior High School Waynesboro Record Herald Jenna Cruickshanks, right, a sixth-grader at Hooverville Elementary School in Waynesboro and her friend Nora Stocksdale, who attends Mother Seton School in Emmitsburg, were among the crowd of people at Friday night's Pack the House Night at Waynesboro ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:27:54 AM
River Eves Students Build 'Shanties' - Patch.com
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River Eves Students Build 'Shanties' Patch.com River Eves Elementary Fifth grade students at River Eves Elementary got a hands on lesson about what US citizens faced during the Great Depression recently when they built “Hooverville” - is a shantytown made from cardboard boxes and duct tape. |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:27:54 AM
Acclaimed author of 'Bud, Not Buddy' in Plantation Wednesday - MiamiHerald.com
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Acclaimed author of 'Bud, Not Buddy' in Plantation Wednesday MiamiHerald.com After she and Bud wash dishes at a Depression-era “Hooverville” near the railroad tracks in Flint, Mich., she kisses him. The “justifiably hostile moms in Detroit” were aghast, Curtis says. What business did that little girl have kissing a stranger? |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:27:54 AM
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