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Lesson Plan: Music
of the Great Depression
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Create a class set of
the lyrics of “Buddy Can you Spare a Dime”
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Have students read the lyrics and have
a classroom discussion of the lyrics.
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Find a version of the song "Buddy
Can you Spare a Dime" sung by Bing Crosby. Classroom discussion about how this
song makes people feel and why it became the anthem of the great
depression.
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Play a version by Rudy Vallee
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Classroom discussion about the two
versions of the song and why the Bing Crosby version is remembered
while the Rudy Vallee version is not.
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