History Resource Cupboard – lessons and resources for schools

History Resource Cupboard - lessons and resources for schools

Cinderella Man: a metaphor for boom and bust America?

Russell_Crowe_in_Cinderella_Man_Wallpaper_11_1280Put a human face on the American Depression with boxing, music, card sorts and graphs. The engaging tale of boxer James Braddock serves as a great human interest story but asks students to go further and consider Braddock as a metaphor of America in the period 1919-41.

After listening to a song, they go on to construct two living graphs before going on to answer the big question.

£10.99

Download includes:

  • Lesson presentation: PowerPoint
  • Lesson write up: PDF
  • Resources 1-4: PDF (lyrics, cards x 2, graph)

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