National Archives and Records Administration
	The Projects
	Project A Interview a person, or a relative of a person, who actually received CRB relief during WWI. Before you meet with the person, write down the questions you wish to have covered in the interview. Project B Be a storyteller. Create a screenplay or storyboard based on Elizabeth Norton's memoirs of Maurice Pate's diary. Write a letter or e-mail movie directors Spielburg or Cameron suggesting that this be their next project. Project C "Interview" Herbert Hoover for his position of administrator of the CRB. What qualifications of leadership would you expect from him? What questions do you need to ask him? Project D In his relief efforts, Hoover surrounded himself with very capable people, especially considering their youth and relative inexperience. Many of these young men became life-long friends of Hoover and called him "Chief." Who were these men? Did they continue humanitarian efforts throughout their lives? Project E How many calories per day does the human body need for mere existence? What kinds of diseases result from malnutrition? What did the medical community of this time period decide? Are these requirements valid today? Project F Analyze political cartoons of the time period for persuasive techniques. Project G Rationing was voluntary during WWI. How did our government persuade, rather than mandate, people to ration? Why would Congress consider a ban on the creation of distilled "spirits"? Why was rendered fat from cooking saved? What other cultural adaptations did people have to tolerate with rationing? Project H Apply/analyze the language of persuasion (propaganda techniques) specifically to WWI posters for famine relief. Project I Research sugarless, wheatless, meatless menus and recipes. Which would be the most nutritious? Which would be the most appealing? Why? Create an appropriate menu. What is famine bread? Project J Is the organization plan that Hoover developed for the massive distribution of relief used today by relief agencies such as the United Nations? What worked and did not work in Hoover's plan? Project K Was the Belgian relief project successful? How do you know? Project L How did Hoover's relief strategies during WWI impact war relief during WWII, a little more than 20 years later? Project M Assemble a "slide show" on flour sack fashions. Why and how was each sack accounted for after it was emptied? Project N What was it like to be an American high school student in the years 1914 - 1918. What did your country expect you to do?
	Introduction | Historical background of unit | Description of unit Suggested unit procedures | Projects | Resource Bibliography
National Archives and Records Administration URL: http://www.archives.gov/ hoover.webmaster@nara.gov Last updated: June 27, 2001