Author: Margaree King Mitchell

Publisher and Date: Simon and Schuster, 1993

Curriculum Developer: Maranda Anderson

Lesson Plans:

• Uncle Jed's Barbershop
• Saving and Spending
• What was the Great Depression?
• Daily Life During the Great Depression
• Appendix
• Return to Literature Index

Summary: Sara Jean's Uncle Jed dreamed of opening up his own barbershop. He faced several difficulties along his way. His biggest challenge was being a black man living in the south in the twenties. He encountered segregation, the Depression, and family responsibilities, but eventually with hard work and determination Uncle Jed's dream came true.

Social Studies Relevance: This book would fit with the study of segregation, the Depression, and achieving goals. It discusses community involvement and the importance of families.

Grade Level Focus: 4th - 5th grade

Relationship to Social Studies State Core:

• Understand the interplay of economics in their daily lives.
• Explain reasons for spending and saving money
• Define wages, prices, producer, consumer, specialization, division of labor, profit, loss, and productivity.
• Demonstrate that money is a means of exchange
• Explain how changes in incomes and people's tastes can influence the demand and market price of a product.
• Reinforce the necessity of honesty and personal integrity in becoming a valuable citizen in society.