The Great Depression
Materials for the Unit on the Great Depression

Brother

Can you

Spare a Dime?

Does the government bear the responsibility of trying to stabilize the economy and the financial system, as well as of assisting people affected by economic downturns?

In order to answer this question you should gain an understanding of the causes of an economic downturn are, empathize with the experience of the people experiencing the troubles that exist in such a downturn, and analyze the positive and negative consequences of government involvement in our economy and our lives.  Then you may determine your beliefs toward the role and purpose of government.

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Students will be required to work both in groups and individually as they research and study the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Individual Work:

Individuals will be delegated by their group as one of the following roles;

     Farmer in the Dust Bowl

     Milk Producer in the farms of Washington County

     Wall Street Broker/Banker

     Entertainer (Writer, Broadway actor, Hollywood actor, athlete,               artist, or musician)

     Factory Worker

     African American farmer/laborer

     Father Ridin' the Rails

     Mother raising the children

     Students will research the lives and troubles faced by their person and display their research   through notes and completion      of the paragraph outline.

Individuals will complete the image interpretation “What's my Story” activity to display their understanding and ability to empathize with the people in the image.

Individuals will research the government's New Deal policy that best suits assisting them in surviving the economic depression and complete the paragraph outline in order to explain the purpose of the policy and how it would help them.

Group Project:

Each group will conduct a forum during which individual members will present a description of their experiences and plea for the appropriate government assistance based on the New Deal policy.

Each group (based on the role selected from the list) will create an action project that will allow the other students to experience an aspect of the troubles they faced.

Jigsaw Pieces: One jigsaw puzzle piece will be earned by each student for their group by

1) Completing and turning in on time their role research notes

and paragraph outline. 

Due Date: _____________________

2) Completing and turning in on time the “What's my Story” image interpretation.

Due Date: _____________________

3) Completing and turning in on time their New Deal policy paragraph outline.

          Due Date: _____________________

4) Completing and turning in on time the group forum and action project.

Due Date: _____________________

COSTUMES

ARE PART OF THE GRADE

FOR THIS PROJECT!!!

4/30/10 Studs Terkel Great Depression Interviews

http://www.studsterkel.org/htimes.php

Great Depression Project (doc file - 223 KB)
The Great Depression Project Paragraph one outline (doc file - 250 KB)
The Great Depression Project Paragraph Two_New Deal_outline (doc file - 250 KB)
3/28/11- HW - List of Causes of the Depression Compared to Current Recession (doc file - 32 KB)
Students are to locate an article based on the list of causes of our current recession. Students are to print, read, and highlight the article to be ready to compare to a cause of the Great Depression
3/28/10 - Causes of Great Depression Clues (ppt file - 1.01 MB)
This powerpoint contains the different clues students use in compiling information on the causes of the Great Depression.
3/28/10 - Causes of Great Depression Clue Sheet (doc file - 38 KB)
Worksheet used to decipher clues on the Causes of the Great Depression.
3/28/10 - HW - What's My Story? (doc file - 26 KB)
Use this worksheet with the assigned photograph from the Great Depression to create a story about the person/people in the image.
3/28/10 - Photograph Study Guide (doc file - 31 KB)
Complete this photograph study guide using the assigned photograph from the Great Depression.
3/28/11 - The Story - Lyrics (doc file - 24 KB)
This song is the bell ringer. It is a song from 2007 that speaks of power of story.
Photo - African American Farm Family (doc file - 17 KB)
Photo - Dorothea Lange's Woman in the Dust Bowl (doc file - 10 KB)
Photo - Son of Refugee Family (doc file - 70 KB)
Photo - 1935 Tenement Family (doc file - 62 KB)
Photo - Young Boy in Hooverville (doc file - 18 KB)
Photo - Dwellers in Hooverville (doc file - 73 KB)
Photo - Ex-Farmer in WPA Project (doc file - 72 KB)
Photo - Family on Side of Road (doc file - 70 KB)
Photo - Man in a Crowd (doc file - 59 KB)
Photo - Next Time Take the Train (doc file - 46 KB)
Photo - Chrstmas Dinner (doc file - 142 KB)
5/04/10 Notes on the Great Depression (ppt file - 3.26 MB)
The Great Depression Overview (doc file - 41 KB)
The Hundred Days and Beyond (doc file - 46 KB)
The WPA (doc file - 39 KB)
Artists in the Great Depression (doc file - 40 KB)
New Deal Programs chart (doc file - 37 KB)
The Great Depression in Washington County reading (doc file - 24.17 MB)
Presentation on the Boom of 1920s Economcis (zip file - 19.15 MB)
Women in the Great Depression (doc file - 33 KB)

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