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1 1 day Identify economic policies and factors that led to the Great Depression (unequal distribution of income, weaknesses in the farm sector, buying on margin, stock market crash) Determine the impact of natural and man-made crises of the Great Depression (unemployment, food lines, Dust Bowl, western migration of farmers) I can identify events that lead to the crash of the stock market and evaluate Herbert Hoover s role at the start of the depression What factors led to the Great How did those factors affect the American economy? What was unequal distribution of income and how did it contribute to the What were the weaknesses in the farm sector and how did they contribute to the What was the stock market crash and how did it contribute to the Panic of 1929 Herbert Hoover Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt Bonus Army New Deal Relief Dust Bowl Civilian Conservation Corps Social Security Act Agricultural Adjustment Act Unemployment Social Studies: Strand 1: Concept 8: PO3 New Deal Programs Students will examine the role of Herbert Hoover as president when the depression started and identify events that led to the crash. Cause/Effects Mini-Quiz; Hoover OH; Stock Market Simulation; Hoover Quotes; Hoover and Prosperous Times handout; The Prosperity Balloon blue book p ;

2 Economic Disaster blue book p ; When Confidence Fails handout p Imagine you are a middle-class investor who owns 100 shares of White Sewing Company at $50 a share. I will read you three news flashes. After each flash, write whether you will sell your stock and if so, how much of it. September 2, 1929 Stocks reach their highest prices ever, though a few prices have started to dip. Your stock is worth $48 a share. Would you sell any stock at this time? October 24, 1929 Stock prices have been failing steadily. It is getting difficult to sell stocks. Brokerage houses, however, say the worst is over. Your stock is worth $32 a share. Would you sell any stock at this time? October 29,1929 The stock market crashes. Your stock is now worth $1 a share. Would you sell what you have left or hope for the price to rise? Poll the students to see when most of them sold their shares. What caused you to sell or hold onto your stock? Read aloud together The Crash handout p. 3-6 HMWK: read When Confidence Fails handout p HMWK:??Stock Market Savvy Wksht?? Reading aloud will help lower level readers. Modified length of reading assignment. Provide beginning letters and some help with answer for Wksht.

3 1.8.1 Identify economic policies and factors that led to the Great Depression (unequal distribution of income, weaknesses in the farm sector, buying on margin, stock market crash) Determine the impact of natural and man-made crises of the Great Depression (unemployment, food lines, Dust Bowl, western migration of farmers) I can identify the 4 main causes of the Great Depression. What factors led to the Great How did those factors affect the American economy? What was unequal distribution of income and how did it contribute to the What were the weaknesses in the farm sector and how did they contribute to the What was the stock market crash and how did it contribute to the Panic of 1929 Herbert Hoover Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt Bonus Army New Deal Relief Dust Bowl Civilian Conservation Corps Social Security Act Agricultural Adjustment Act Unemployment Social Studies: Strand 5: Concept 1 Foundations of Economics Strand 5: Concept 2 Microeconomics Strand 5: Concept 5 Personal Economics Causes OH; Hoover and the Bonus Army handout; Spending and Speculation blue book p. 8-9; A Bold Request and a Federal Fiasco blue book p ; Bonus March Wksht 31

4 Re-create Stock Market Crash activity Have students read squares and place in correct order from start to finish. Winning group for speed and correctness gets prize. Together, read aloud handout Causes of the Great Depression p Begin Chart: Farm Debt Consumer Debt More Goods than Buyers Declining Trade Stock Market Crash HMWK: Read Hoover and the Bonus Army handout HMWK: The Bonus March Wksht. Reading aloud will help low-level readers. Provide help with notes as needed. Use fill-in style if necessary. Only assign Wksht and small reading portion.

5 History Mystery Identify economic policies and factors that led to the Great Depression (unequal distribution of income, weaknesses in the farm sector, buying on margin, stock market crash) Determine the impact of natural and man-made crises of the Great Depression (unemployment, food lines, Dust Bowl, western migration of farmers) I can analyze forensic evidence in order to solve a history mystery about the Bonus Army. What factors led to the Great How did those factors affect the American economy? What was unequal distribution of income and how did it contribute to the What were the weaknesses in the farm sector and how did they contribute to the What was the stock market crash and how did it contribute to the Panic of 1929 Herbert Hoover Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt Bonus Army New Deal Relief Dust Bowl Civilian Conservation Corps Social Security Act Agricultural Adjustment Act Unemployment Social Studies: Strand 5: Concept 1 Foundations of Economics Strand 5: Concept 2 Microeconomics Strand 5: Concept 5 Personal Economics Causes OH; Hoover and the Bonus Army handout; Spending and Speculation blue book p. 8-9; A Bold Request and a Federal Fiasco

6 blue book p ; Bonus March Wksht 31 Re-create Stock Market Crash activity Have students read squares and place in correct order from start to finish. Winning group for speed and correctness gets prize. Together, read aloud handout Causes of the Great Depression p Begin Chart: Farm Debt Consumer Debt More Goods than Buyers Declining Trade Stock Market Crash HMWK: Read Hoover and the Bonus Army handout HMWK: The Bonus March Wksht. Reading aloud will help low-level readers. Provide help with notes as needed. Use fill-in style if necessary. Only assign Wksht and small reading portion.

7 1.8.1 Identify economic policies and factors that led to the Great Depression (unequal distribution of income, weaknesses in the farm sector, buying on margin, stock market crash) Determine the impact of natural and man-made crises of the Great Depression (unemployment, food lines, Dust Bowl, western migration of farmers) I can describe three hardships people faced during the great Depression era. What factors led to the Great How did those factors affect the American economy? What was unequal distribution of income and how did it contribute to the What were the weaknesses in the farm sector and how did they contribute to the What was the stock market crash and how did it contribute to the Panic of 1929 Herbert Hoover Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt Bonus Army New Deal Relief Dust Bowl Civilian Conservation Corps Social Security Act Agricultural Adjustment Act Unemployment Social Studies: Strand 5: Concept 1 Foundations of Economics Strand 5: Concept 2 Microeconomics Strand 5: Concept 5 Personal Economics Journal Teens in the 1930s; Bread Lines and Soup Kitchens, Apples for Sale, A Cardboard Roof, The Plight of Farmers blue book p ; Unemployment Graph Wksht p. 79

8 Provide cards for students to read Hoover statements: January 1930 The nation will make steady progress in March 1930 The crisis will be over in days. September 1930 We have hit the bottom and are on the upswing. Read aloud together selections from the blue book: Bread Lines and Soup Kitchens Apples for Sale 12 A Cardboard Roof 13 The Plight of the Farmers 14 Use questions at bottom of pages for discussion prompts. HMWK: Unemployment Graph Wksht. 79 HMWK:??Journal of a Teenager in 1930s?? Provide Wksht. with graph already set up. Reading aloud will help low-level readers.

9 1.8.1 Identify economic policies and factors that led to the Great Depression (unequal distribution of income, weaknesses in the farm sector, buying on margin, stock market crash) Determine the impact of natural and man-made crises of the Great Depression (unemployment, food lines, Dust Bowl, western migration of farmers) I can identify and explain four things president Roosevelt did to bring relief to the Great Depression era. What factors led to the Great How did those factors affect the American economy? What was unequal distribution of income and how did it contribute to the What were the weaknesses in the farm sector and how did they contribute to the What was the stock market crash and how did it contribute to the Panic of 1929 Herbert Hoover Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt Bonus Army New Deal Relief Dust Bowl Civilian Conservation Corps Social Security Act Agricultural Adjustment Act Unemployment Social Studies: Strand 1: Concept 8: PO3 New Deal Programs A New President, A New Hope, President Roosevelt blue book p , 17; FDR Web OH [or PowerPoint]; Political Cartoon Wksht 15

10 Read aloud the following descriptions of FDR and see if they can guess to whom is referring. Stricken with polio at the age of 39, he used crutches, braces, and a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Photographers and reporters followed a policy of open secrecy. They tried to cut his wheelchair out of the pictures and didn t mention his disability in their articles. His hard-working wife shook hands at receptions for him. Sometimes she shook 1,500 hands at one event. Sometimes she attended more than on event in a day. He and his wife were fifth cousins. When they married, her uncle [Theodore Roosevelt] gave her away. Her last name did not change when she got married. He was the first president to appear on television. He appointed the first female cabinet member [Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor]. During WWII the White House cooks had to stand in line with their stamp books to get food from the ration board, just like everyone else. The only president elected for more than two terms. Seventh president to die in office; fourth to die a natural death in office. Related by blood or marriage to 11 other presidents: George Washington, John Adams, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft. Served as president for 12 years, 39 days. Read aloud together from blue book p A New President, A New Hope. Create Web of FDR s New Deal: Bank Holiday, Relief Programs, Recovery Programs, Reform Programs HMWK: Political Cartoon Wksht 15 Reading aloud will help low-level readers. Selected questions from Wksht. Assistance with note-taking or provide fill-in notes.

11 Social Studies: Strand 1: Concept 8: PO3 New Deal Programs Students will identify and explain the purpose of two New Deal programs. The Hundred Days blue book p. 18; New Deal Programs handout p. 7; New Deal Terms Wksht 84 Read the following description from The New Republic of a soup line in New York City in There is a line of men, three or four abreast, a block long, and wedged tightly together so tightly that no passer-by can break through. For this compactness there is a reason; those at the head of the gray-black human snake will eat tonight; those farther back probably won t. Consider that description as we talk about the programs set up by Franklin D Roosevelt as part of the New Deal. Read aloud the following selections from the blue book: The Hundred Days 18 Soldiers of the Soil The National Recovery Administration Use discussion question at end of selections for prompts. HMWK: New Deal Terms Chart Wksht Reading aloud will help low-level readers. Only assign selected Alphabet Soup programs.

12 Social Studies: Strand 4: Concept 1 Maps Strand 4: Concept 4: PO2-4 Causes of human migration and settlement Strand 4: Concept 5: PO2-5 Human effects on environment/natural hazards/dams Strand 4: Concept 6: PO1 Geographic Applications Students will describe the effects of the Dust Bowl and explain how it got this name. Down and Out, Dust and Desperation blue book p , 23-24; Dust Bowl Vocabulary Wksht.; Dust Bowl Map Wksht 12 You re sitting in your kitchen in the middle of the day eating your lunch, just munching away on your ham sandwich. You her a faint noise, but think nothing of it. All of a sudden, your house goes completely dark [turn off the lights]. What happened? Accept guesses and then explain about the Dust Storms. Describe what they might see when they get out of their house. Read aloud together from Blue Book: Down and Out Dust and Desperation Use questions at bottom of reading selections for discussion prompts. HMWK: Dust Bowl Map Wksht HMWK: Dust Bowl Vocabulary Wksht. Reading aloud will help low-level readers. Selected questions only from worksheets. Provide start letters for fill-in-the-blank selections.

13 Social Studies: Strand 1: Concept 8: PO3 New Deal Programs Strand 4: Concept 4: PO2-4 Causes of human migration and settlement Strand 4: Concept 5: PO2-5 Human effects on environment/natural hazards/dams Strand 4: Concept 6: PO1 Geographic Applications Strand 5: Concept 1 Foundations of Economics Strand 5: Concept 2 Microeconomics Strand 5: Concept 5 Personal Economics Students will identify four effects of the Great Depression. Popularity, Resistance, and Roosevelt s Second Term, A Decade of Beginnings and Endings blue book p ; Effects Chart OH Throw out letters form the Alphabet Soup. See if students can provide the name of the program these letters stand for. Go over answers for worksheet from night before. Use Smart Board, as well as applying state labels to classroom map. Read aloud together from the blue book the following selections: Popularity, Resistance, and Roosevelt s Second Term 30 A Decade of Beginnings and Endings 31 Complete Cause/Effect Chart: Widespread hunger, poverty, and unemployment Worldwide economic crisis [stock crashes, Hitler in power, strikes] Democratic victory in 1932 elections [FDR serves 4 terms] Roosevelt s New Deal programs [relief, recovery, reform] HMWK: Begin to study for test. Reading aloud will help low-level students. Provide help as necessary for notes completion. Help highlight parts of study guide they will need for test.

14 Social Studies: Strand 1: Concept 8: PO3 New Deal Programs Strand 4: Concept 1 Maps Strand 4: Concept 4: PO2-4 Causes of human migration and settlement Strand 4: Concept 5: PO2-5 Human effects on environment/natural hazards/dams Strand 4: Concept 6: PO1 Geographic Applications Strand 5: Concept 1 Foundations of Economics Strand 5: Concept 2 Microeconomics Strand 5: Concept 5 Personal Economics Students will review understanding and knowledge of 1930s era through viewing a video. The Century Video; Video Questions Wksht Use test questions to review at start of class. Watch The Century: Stormy Weather Complete questions while viewing video. HMWK: Study for Test; prepare parts of study guide. NA

15 2 days Social Studies: Strand 1: Concept 8: PO3 New Deal Programs Strand 4: Concept 1 Maps Strand 4: Concept 4: PO2-4 Causes of human migration and settlement Strand 4: Concept 5: PO2-5 Human effects on environment/natural hazards/dams Strand 4: Concept 6: PO1 Geographic Applications Strand 5: Concept 1 Foundations of Economics Strand 5: Concept 2 Microeconomics Strand 5: Concept 5 Personal Economics Strand 2: Concept 5: PO1 Complete sentences Strand 2: Concept 6: PO11 Paragraphing Strand 3: Concept 2 Expository Writing Students will demonstrate knowledge of 1930s era people, places, events, causes, and effects. Study Guide Wksht.; Handout materials; Dusting off the Memories Play p ; Radios, Puzzles and Other Pastimes blue book p. 26; Test; 1930s Word Search Day One: Have students get out parts of study guide to be stapled together. Day Two: Study for 5 minutes, then pass down study guides to end of row. Day One: Complete Study Guide. Go over answer for correctness at the end of hour. Day Two: Take Test When done with test, complete Great Depression Word Search Allow notes to be used during test as necessary per IEP.

Unit VII: The Great Depression and the New Deal

Unit VII: The Great Depression and the New Deal Essential Questions: 1. What were the causes of the Great Depression? 2. What is the role of government during a crisis? 3. How do people respond to economic