Introduction
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Bud, Not Buddy, set during the Great Depression, offers
students the opportunity to think about the hardships that the
American people experienced during this time in history.
Through the homeless main character, students are asked to
explore the themes of family, survival, and hope. They are
also challenged to think about how racism further threatened
the lives of African Americans during this period. Though the
living conditions in the novel seem bleak, the main character
never loses his sense of humor and offers young readers a
survival story with a happy ending. The novel is an ideal choice
for read-aloud or a class novel study. In addition, this guide
offers activities for using the novel to connect language arts,
social studies, art, and music.
- Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Music
- Art
- Grade: 8th
- Times of the Depression:
Standards Addressed
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Eigth Grade
Science: Focus on Earth Science
Plate Tectonics and Earth's Structure
(6) 1. Plate tectonics explains important features of the Earthís surface and major geologic events. As the basis for understanding this concept, students know:
a) The fit of the continents, location of earthquakes, volcanoes, and mid ocean ridges, and the distribution of fossils, rock types, and ancient climatic zones provide evidence for plate tectonics.
b) The solid Earth is layered with cold, brittle lithosphere; hot, convecting mantle; and dense, metallic core.
c) Lithospheric plates that are the size of continents and oceans move at rates of centimeters per year in response to movements in the mantle.
d) Major geologic events, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building result from plate motions.
Instructional Objectives
- After hearing and relating with some of the racial problems that were experienced by African American's in the 1930's , students will be able to identify the problems and equality with racism.
- After researching and analyzing information from the library media center, students will be able to how the FBI was formed.
- After viewing further research the students will be able to identify what was the FBI's primary purpose, current status, and current listings that are public information for today's society.
- Students will be able to draw conclusions about what the history of labor unions and the existence of unions today.
- Students will be able to write, edit and revise their findings on euphenisms in the story," Bud, Not Buddy".
- Students will be able to analyse and write current examples of euphenisms .
- Students will define unfamiliar vocabulary from the book, "Bud, Not Buddy," and pass a multiple choice exam.
- After listening to a variety of musical jazz , students will be able to compare and analyse what the role of jazz in the Great Depression.
- Students will design a flyer for a band,similar to the one presented in the book,"Bud, not Buddy."
Student Activities
I Students will learn that a euphemism is a word used to soften
the meaning of a word that may suggest something unpleasant.
For example, Bud says, "I don't know why grown folks can't
say someone is dead, they think it's a lot easier to say gone."
(p.178) Ask students to brainstorm other euphemisms for
dead.
Introductory Activity
Entertainment played a major role during the Great
Depression. One of Bud's flyers describes Calloway's Band as
"Masters of the New Jazz." Ask students to find out who the
major jazz artists were during the Great Depression. Why was
jazz so important during this time period? Note that the
author's grandfather was also a big band leader.
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Assessment
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for the culminating activity or a link to your rubric or test document
file.
Results
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(sometime between January & March), insert a chart of your pre-test,
post-test, and culminating assessment data
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Resources & Supplementary Materials
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Enabling Activity
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Culminating Activity
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