Susan Schuber, Jennifer Love, Megan VanGorder, Emily Saddler, Katie Ringer and Anna Petsas

The team’s innovative teaching idea, “Brother Can You Spare a Dime?", is focused on collaborating cross-curricular models involving all core subject areas. Students involved in the program will be challenged to develop a greater comprehension of American history and exercise common skills to further understand the hardships of the Great Depression. The students will take on the role of a “professional” living during the 1930s – experiencing the collapse of the stock market, effects of the Dust Bowl, and the societal adversities that occurred during that time period. As a character within that time period, each student will be actively involved in the learning process by reflecting on the experiences of their simulation. Students will have an opportunity to rotate between stations with each of their teachers, exploring different topics pertaining to the Great Depression and their curricular study.