Motivating Student Research about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 with a WPA Life History

Motivating Student Research about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 with a WPA Life History

  1. Social Education
  2. Social Education October 2021
  3. Motivating Student Research about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 with a WPA Life History

Authors:

Lee Ann Potter

Page:295

Journal Issue:

Issue
Social Education October 2021

Examining life stories recorded through the Depression-era Federal Writers’ Project can launch classroom lessons on specific events like the 1871 Chicago fire or broader lessons on the Works Progress Administration and New Deal programs.