Symbols on the Rails

Author Pete Yackus
School

Length of Lesson

2-3 days
Abstract This lesson is about children that left home during the Great Depression and looked for jobs while riding the railroads. The lesson combines the book “Rudy Rides the Rails” along with some primary source stories from actual kids that hopped trains across the country. The student note sheet has the students map out the different rails that students followed as well as responding to how the country attempted to pull itself out of the Great Depression
District Fort Bend I.S.D.
Historical Time Period
  • 1920s-1930s
Historical Themes
  • History
  • Economics
  • Culture
Grade
  • Five (5)

Lesson Plan Files