1. Create a class set of  the lyrics of “Buddy Can you Spare a Dime”
   
   

2. Have students read the lyrics and have a classroom discussion of the lyrics. 
   
   

3. 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.
   
   

4. Play a version by Rudy Vallee           
   
   

5. Classroom discussion about the two versions of the song and why the Bing Crosby version is remembered while the Rudy Vallee version is not.