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ESL 082 Research Project

For this assignment, your group will choose any one of the following topics. The whole class will contribute information about many aspects of life during the Great Depression.


 * 1) Prohibition
 * 2) Causes / Effects of the Great Depression
 * 3) The changing role of women during the Depression and the war
 * 4) Forms of entertainment during this period
 * 5) Music of that age
 * 6) The New Deal
 * 7) Race Relations in the 1930’s and the 1940’s
 * 8) Herbert Hoover
 * 9) FDR

In your presentation, you should connect the information that you collect to the material that you are reading in the book. If possible, draw connections between your topic of research and life today. You can use Powerpoint to help you in your presentation.

Group requirements: v Each group will have 3 members. v Each member will choose one part of the topic. v Make sure that the information you present does not overlap with that of your group members. v Each person will speak for at least 3 minutes and not more than 6 minutes. v Please speak to the class; do not read aloud from a piece of paper. v Visual aids like pictures and powerpoint are recommended.