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LIVING
IN THE 30'S PATCH PROGRAM
2. Radio filled the homes with entertainment of comedy, adventure, mystery, and musical concerts. Some of the most popular shows are Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, Bette Davis, Jack Benny, Jimmy Stewart, Judy Garland, and Will Rogers. Learn more about one of the actors, shows, or listen to an archived radio show from the 30’s. 3. The fashion is the 30’s started the use of man made fibers, rayon, and the zipper. Some examples include: Evening gowns, wools suits, wrap skirts, V neck dresses, twin sweater sets, pleated skirts, dress with short jacket. Design your own outfit from the 30’s on paper or using your own clothing OR cut out pictures in magazines that may depict the fashion guide of the 30’s. 4. Jazz progressed to swing and rhythmic music with horns and various instruments. Move to the beat, listen to some music, or research a singer from the 30’s. Some examples include: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, and Judy Garland. 5. Common products found in homes in the 30’s were art deco furniture, radios, candlestick telephone, vanities, quilts, roll top desks, colorful plates, and metal bed frames. Design a room from the 30’s or explore examples of houses and rooms from that time period. 6. The hairstyles and makeup styles of the 30’s were curly and stylish. Make-up styles included ivory foundation, rouge, eyebrows are drawn on, blue, violet or green eye shadow. Hair styles ranged from finger waves, perms, bobs, and hair dyes. Create a hairstyle from that era of time, curl your hair, experiment with makeup, draw henna designs with markers, or give yourself a facial. 7. What type of food or snacks were popular in the 30’s? Examples include: Black Jack® gum, Altoids®, bubblegum, chocolate kisses, licorice, Alphabet Soup, bologna, frozen fish sticks, Spam®, oatmeal, and cotton candy. Have a taste testing of different snacks or foods OR Design a cool label for one of the 30’s items using slang and colorful displays. 8. Popular games and toys of the 30’s included are marbles, paper dolls, yo’s yo’s, shirley temple dolls, Nancy Drew Mysteries, Dr. Seuss Books, red wagons, Mickey Mouse collectibles, space toys, Cowboys and Indians. How are toys different today? Play with a game or toy from the 30’s or create a game OR create a similar game to play. 9. Accessorize yourself. Large brimmed hats, gloves, furs, fedora hats, capes, scarves, feather headband, and purses with chain handles were common accessories during the 30’s. Decorate a hat, make a piece of jewelry, headband, OR dress up in items from the 30’s. 10. Put it all together in a cool journal or book format. Place all information you learned about the 30’s such as clothes, slang, hairstyles, in book format or display. Add self drawn pictures, clippings from magazines, clip art or website addresses to create a cool project. 11. It is show business time. Choose one performer from the 30’s to learn more about or watch or listen to one of their performances. Examples include: Shirley Temple, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Charlie Chaplin, and The Three Stooges. 12. Every decade is filled with a variety of historical events. Choose one event to learn more about that happened in the 30’s. Examples: The Great Depression, presidential election, the first Mickey Mouse comic strip, and the first radio probe launched in USSR. 13. Hobos hopped on trains and stowed away on boxcars. They communicated with each other by leaving markings or symbols on the fences and gateposts. Learn some hobo terms or drawings. 14. During the 30’s people recycled items into a new use. Choose something and recycle it in to a new use. Examples: cardboard boxes into doll houses, material scraps into blankets for stuffed animals, OR small pudding boxes decorated with magazine pictures to hold your small trinkets.
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