Course 2: New York at Work and Play (1940-1950)
Fall 2002
Instructors: Richard Greenwald, Maggie DeLuca, Amanda Dargan

Session 2: October 24th - Features Guest Speaker Phil Hoose, author of We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History. Click here to view photos from Phil Hoose's visit.

Resources:

Autobiography of Morris L. Ziskind
http://jerry.ziskind.com/Dad's%20story/new_page_1.htm

Morris L. Ziskind (1914-2001), at 85 years old, wrote his life story for his son Jerry. He began tape recording his reminiscences and writing this narrative on January 4, 2000.

All for the Better: A Story of El Barrio (Stories of America)
by Nicholas Mohr, et al

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0811480607/
iluminatedbooks/002-4746142-4000024
From School Library Journal
Gr 2-5--All for the Better tells the story of how one caring person can make a difference. In 1933 the Great Depression hit Puerto Rico as hard as it had hit the United States. Evelina Lopez, then 11, left her mother and sisters to live with an aunt in New York City.