Poverty and Abundance Lesson 2

best of timesworst of times age of wisdomage of foolishnessepoch of belief epoch of incredulityseason of Light season of Darknessspring of hopewinter of despair everything before usnothing before us going direct to Heaven direct the other way- good evil “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only." Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book 1, Chapter 1

Based on your observations, what are some examples of poverty and abundance in our world? Whole Group/Teacher Guided (grades 1 & 2) Individually or Small Groups (grades 3-5) Poverty Abundance Poverty fluency

Use your ideas from: Bring Ideas together. Classify/Sort by Categories (all)

Discussion Look at the abundance categories. Of these, which one is most important to you? Why?Look at the abundance categories. Of these, which one is most important to you? Why? Look at the poverty categories. Which is most prevalent () in our community? Which is the easiest to remedy (fix)? How would you do it? Which has the greatest impact on the community? How (evidence)?Look at the poverty categories. Which is most prevalent (widespread or seen often) in our community? Which is the easiest to remedy (fix)? How would you do it? Which has the greatest impact on the community? How (evidence)?

Thomas Hart Benton, "Kansas City," from Politics, Farming, and the Law, Missouri State Museum (1936) Originality Elaboration Storytelling articulateness

It’s your turn. Poverty and Abundance in My World Elaboration Originality Storytelling articulateness

Great Depression

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James N. Rosenberg, Oct 29 Dies Irae ("Days of Wrath"), 1929 PHOTO ANALYSIS

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Bread line, or bank-run? January 1931, Chester Garde

Broke but hoping. January 1931, by Ed Graham PHOTO ANALYSIS

Jobless Recovery circa Caption is kind of fuzzy. It says, “I see by the papers that everything is all right”. January 1930, by Robert Brown

Palm Beach, 1931 JFK

Mixed signals. October 1931, John Cassel

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depression refugees from Iowa. Left Iowa in 1932 because of father's ill health. Father an auto mechanic laborer, painter by trade, tubercular. Family has been on relief in Arizona but refused entry on relief roles in Iowa to which state they wish to return. Nine children including a sick four- month-old baby. No money at all. About to sell their belongings and trailer for money to buy food. "We don't want to go where we'll be a nuisance to anybody." Children of migrant workers typically had no way to attend school. By the end of 1930 some 3 million children had abandoned school. Thousands of schools had closed or were operating on reduced hours. At least 200,000 children took to the roads on their own. Summer Photographer: Dorothea Lange.

Hugo Gellert, Primary Accumlation 19 (1933)

Jacob Burck, The Lord Provides (1934)

Conrad A. Albrizio, The New Deal (1934) Affresco by Conrad A. Albrizio, dedicated to President Roosevelt, placed in the auditorium of the Leonardo Da Vinci Art School (149 East 34th Street, NYC) PHOTO ANALYSIS

Blanche Mary Grambs, No Work (1935)

Porch of a sharecropper's cabin, Hale County, Alabama, Summer Photographer: Walker Evans. The marginal and oppressive economy of sharecropping largely collapsed during the great Depression.

Kitchen in house of Floyd Burroughs, sharecropper, near Moundville, Hale County, Alabama. Summer Photographer: Walker Evans.

Toward Los Angeles, California Photographer: Dorothea Lange. Perhaps 2.5 million people abandoned their homes in the South and the Great Plains during the Great Depression and went on the road. Juxtaposition: an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

Juxtaposition Drawing from examples in our modern world, use the juxtaposition technique to create an image that shows poverty and abundance. Materials: newspapers, magazines, pictures, etc. Originality

Joe Jones, Wasteland (1937)

Eli Jacobi, Bar and Grill (n.d.)

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