14. What does it mean to you to be financially responsible?

My Grandma will walk out of a restaurant rather then pay more then 8 dollars for a meal. She cans the peaches from the trees in her backyard, reuses tinfoil and for Christmas I get a 5 dollar bill. She is cheap because she grew up in The Great Depression. The memories of doing without have been a powerful motivation for how she lives her life. I am thankful for the conservative financial values she has instilled in me. Your assignment is to talk to someone who has lived through an economic depression. Economic depression means to be broke, poor, having to do without. Ask them what it was like, how they survived and how it changed their relationship with money.

13. 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s

Nicole Forbes asked, “Ms. Frederick, back in the 60s what was it like being a hippie?” You’re new homework assignment is inspired by that question. Task: If you had to travel back in time to live though a decade of theTwentieth Century in these United States – which would you choose? Be specific, describe at least five major events which support your answer. Wikipedia is an unacceptable resource for most all of the academic historiography we do but for a flip assignment like this I believe it’s quite fun and suggest you check out their decade summaries. ex. 1960s