Spotlight on America: The Great Depression Grades 5-8 Book

Give students in-depth views of specific events and historic eras with lessons that reinforce nonfiction reading skills. Spotlight On America: The Great Depression features reading sections and quizzes, student activity pages, annotated bibliography, a glossary of terms, and reader's theater.

• • Topics include:

• Causes of the Depression
• Effects of the Depression
• The Dust Bowl
• Education During the Depression
• The New Deal