Roos e ve l t Middl eSc hool

Us ing Ro o s eve l t ’ s Ar t if ac t s t o As k and Ans wer Ques t io ns

Pf l ueg er was an ar c hit ec t whodes ig ned s o me o f t he mo s t mag nif ic ent buil ding sin the Ar t Dec o s tyl e

Ar t Dec o was a po pul ar int e r nat io nal des ig n

mo vement in the mid 1 9 2 0 ’ s t o 1 9 4 0

Ro o s eve l t was des ig ned by Timo thy Pf l ueg er in 1 9 3 0

Pflueger’s Work l e f t Ol d S to c k Exc hang e , 1 9 3 0

Le f t and abo ve

Par amo unt Theat r e

Oakl and, CA 1 9 3 1

Le f t Cas t r o Theat r e , SF, 1 9 2 1

Pflueger’s Work

DetailsDur ing the Gr eat Depr es s io n,Pf l ueg er was c ho s en t o des ig ns ever al s c ho o l s in S an Fr anc is c o .

.Roos e ve l t wa s One of t hem

Pf l ueg er al s o des ig ned thes e S an Fr anc is c o s c ho o l s :

Abo ve Was hing to n Hig h S c ho o l

Le f t Linc o l n Hig h S c ho o l

FDR and t he Publ ic Wor ks Pr oje c t s

Many Publ ic Buil ding s , inc l uding s c ho o l s , wer e f unded by the g o ver nment under Pr es ident Fr ankl in D. Ro o s eve l t .

Dur ing the Gr eat Depr es s io n o f t he 1 9 3 0 s , Amer ic a went thr o ug h it s g r eat es t ec o no mic c r is is .

Ar o und 2 5 % o f peo pl e wer e o ut o f wo r k.

Publ ic wo r ks pr o j ec t s wer e s t ar t ed t o g ive peo pl e j o bs .

Ar t is t s wer e amo ng the peo pl e who wer e g iven j o bs .

The mur al s at Co it To wer wer e s o me o f t he f ir s t wo r ks f unded by publ ic wo r ks pr o j ec t s .

Harvest

‘Harvest’ by HORATIO NELSON POOLE, 1934

The Mur al s at Ro o s eve l t wer e al s o f unded by FDR’ s Publ ic Wo r ks Pr o g r am

Swimming

‘BATHERS’ BY HORATIO NELSON POOLE, 1934

School Days

Ar t is t - Geo r g e Wil s o n Wal ker , 1 9 3 4

Anal yzing a Pr imar y S o ur c e

• What do es it t e l l us ?• Who c r eat ed it ?• Why was it c r eat ed?• Who was it meant f o r ?• Do yo u think that the

c r eat o r o f t he s o ur c e was bias ed in any way?

Us ing yo ur Mur al Gr aphic Or g anizer , wr it e do wn o bs er vat io ns and

q ues t io ns as yo u l o o k at detail s o f t his mur al .

Right side

Left side

To addr es s a q ues t io n that yo u wil l pr o babl y as k… Why is t her e a naked wo man in a s c ho o l mur al ?

One mig ht g ues s that the ar t is t was t r ying t o c o nnec t the educ at io n o ne wo ul d r ec e ive at Ro o s eve l t t o the c l as s ic al ideal s o f l ear ning

Ce l ebr at ed by the anc ient Gr eeks and Ro mans .

Her e is a s t atue f r o m the Anc ient Gr eeks .

The imag e o f t he hal f -naked wo man at Ro o s eve l t was c o ver ed up f o r many year s bec aus e s o me peo pl e deemed it inappr o pr iat e f o r s tudent s yo ur ag e . What do yo u think?

Artists Name

Lo o king at Dif f e r ent Pr imar y S o ur c es

Mo s t Al l o f t he f o l l o wing Pr imar y So ur c es ar e f r o m between 1 9 3 0 and 1 9 3 5 . They ar e al l f r o m San Fr anc is c o . S o me ar e f r o m

Ro o s eve l t Junio r Hig h.

Us ing yo ur Gr aphic Or g anizer , des c r ibe :

• The type o f s o ur c e it is ? (news paper ar t ic l e , pho to , e t c .)• The f ac t s yo u c an g ather f r o m the s o ur c e .• The o bs er vat io ns o r inf e r enc es yo u c an make f r o m anal yzing the

s o ur c e .• Ques t io ns the s o ur c e l eads yo u t o as k.

Do yo ur o bs er vat io ns f r o m thes e s o ur c es mat c h the o bs er vat io ns yo u made f r o m l o o king at t he mur al o n the s ec o nd f l o o r ?

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Yearbook 19302

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, 6, 1934SF Examine r Jul y

Le f t S f News , Augus t 2 0 , 1 9 3 4

Cartoon6

SF Examiner, July 18, 1934

7 , 5, 1934SF News Jul y

Hitching8

SF News, Feb. 24, 1930

Segregation9

SF News, Nov. 21, 1934

Report cards10

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back

Repor t

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Locker combinations12

St ude nt

Re gis t r a t ion

Ca r ds

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The SF Publ ic Sc hool s Mont hl y Bul l e t ins we r e publ is he d by t he

SFUSD and inc l ude d a r t ic l e s of .int e r e s t f or t e a c he r s

Community chest14

New school15

Call Bulletin, August 20, 1930

Announcement16

SF Examiner, Aug. 20, 1930

Homework AssignmentUs ing yo ur c o l l e c t io n o f in f o r mat io n f r o m the pr imar y s o ur c e s Yo u have anal yzed in c l as s , pl eas e wr it e :

• A o ne-pag e diar y ent r y f r o m the po int -o f -view o f a s tudent g o ing t o Ro o s eve l t Junio r Hig h between the year s 1 9 3 0 and 1 9 3 5 .

• The diar y s ho ul d be wr it t en in the f ir s t -per s o n.• Evidenc e f r o m at l eas t f ive pr imar y s o ur c es s ho ul d

be inc l uded in the diar y ent r y. The inf o r mat io n that they t o o k f r o m pr imar y s o ur c es s ho ul d be under l ined.

• Spe l l ing and g r ammar s ho ul d be c o r r ec t .

Due To mo r r o w - Be pr epar ed to r ead in c l as s .