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The Great Depression and Today
by Latisha Coleman
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..."President Barack Obama is facing a poltical/economic situation that has been compared to the one faced by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. Students will read two-four articles and write an essay to compare the economic policies of President Obama to President Roosevelt."
This would be very difficult for elementary grades. More appropriate for grade 9.