Do Whatcha Know!
Look again at the photographs on your desk.
What problems are these Americans facing?
What could realistically be done to solve these problems? Who should do it?
Intro to New Material
Skim through Chapter 15, Section 1 from page 504-508.
Use the following chart to organize your notes. Include FDR, CWA, FDIC, SEC, AAA, CCC, FERA, NIRA, NRA, TVA, HOLC, FHA
Abbreviation Full Name Impact
CWA Civil Works Administration Created 4 millions jobs building schools and roads
Guided Practice
Choose 5 of the “alphabet soup” New Deal programs created by FDR.
Draw an image of each in action, showing the purpose of each in your illustration.
Independent Practice
Think about our primary sources: The Autobiography of Malcolm X and the Depression era photos.
Which of these programs would have helped the Little family or your photo subjects? Be specific about their problems and how specific programs would have helped them.
Example: The homeless man looking for a job in the newspaper could have found work building dams for the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Learning Log
Do you think that FDR’s New Deal really helped Americans, did it go too far in spending government money, or did it not go far enough?
Explain your answer, taking care to mention who you think should have been responsible for solving the problems of individuals.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Classwork for Thursday March 19 & Friday March 20, 2009
Do Whatcha Know!
What people and objects do you see in this photo? When and where do you think it was taken? What is happening here?
Intro to New Material
Today, your table will look at photographs taken during the Great Depression to learn about how tough life could be. As you look at the images at your desk, jot down answers to these questions in complete sentences.
1. Title of Photograph
2. Name of Photographer
3. What is happening in this picture?
4A. If there are people in your photo:
a. How are these people dressed?
b. What can you infer from the expression on their faces and their posture?
4B. If there are no people in your photo:
a. Describe the condition of any man-made objects in the photo.
b. What seems to have led to these circumstances?
5. What problems or frustrations are suggested by this image?
6. What adaptations can you assume or infer people are making to these conditions?
7. What help seems to be needed here?
Independent Practice
Choose one person from the photographs your group examined. Pretend to be that person, and write a letter to you now, describing your life, and how you got to the place where you were in the photo.
Learning Log
What could be done to help the people and situations in these photographs? Who should be responsible for helping them? Why?
What people and objects do you see in this photo? When and where do you think it was taken? What is happening here?
Intro to New Material
Today, your table will look at photographs taken during the Great Depression to learn about how tough life could be. As you look at the images at your desk, jot down answers to these questions in complete sentences.
1. Title of Photograph
2. Name of Photographer
3. What is happening in this picture?
4A. If there are people in your photo:
a. How are these people dressed?
b. What can you infer from the expression on their faces and their posture?
4B. If there are no people in your photo:
a. Describe the condition of any man-made objects in the photo.
b. What seems to have led to these circumstances?
5. What problems or frustrations are suggested by this image?
6. What adaptations can you assume or infer people are making to these conditions?
7. What help seems to be needed here?
Independent Practice
Choose one person from the photographs your group examined. Pretend to be that person, and write a letter to you now, describing your life, and how you got to the place where you were in the photo.
Learning Log
What could be done to help the people and situations in these photographs? Who should be responsible for helping them? Why?
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Classwork for Wednesday March 18, 2009
Do Whatcha Know!
Who is Malcolm X? What does he have to do with the Great Depression?
Intro to New Material
As a class, we’ll read the first 13 pages of Chapter 1 of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. As we read, jot down notes about his description of his Depression-era childhood.
Guided Practice
1. What historical ideas or figures in the reading do you recognize from previous classes?
2. How does Malcolm X talk about those ideas or figures?
3. Which of the four major causes of the Great Depression do you see present in the reading?
4. How does the Little family survive after Earl’s death?
Independent Practice
How accurate do you think Malcolm X’s depiction of his childhood is?
Do you think that the life of the Little family was a typical life during the Depression? Why?
Learning Log
What was life like during the Great Depression? What structures were in place to help people in financial trouble?
Who is Malcolm X? What does he have to do with the Great Depression?
Intro to New Material
As a class, we’ll read the first 13 pages of Chapter 1 of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. As we read, jot down notes about his description of his Depression-era childhood.
Guided Practice
1. What historical ideas or figures in the reading do you recognize from previous classes?
2. How does Malcolm X talk about those ideas or figures?
3. Which of the four major causes of the Great Depression do you see present in the reading?
4. How does the Little family survive after Earl’s death?
Independent Practice
How accurate do you think Malcolm X’s depiction of his childhood is?
Do you think that the life of the Little family was a typical life during the Depression? Why?
Learning Log
What was life like during the Great Depression? What structures were in place to help people in financial trouble?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Classwork for Tuesday March 17, 2009
Causes of the Great Depression
Do Whatcha Know!
What kind of event do you think the top cartoon describes? What clues can you find to help you?
What do the two men in the bottom cartoon represent? What do you think happened to make them so different?
Intro to New Material
Read Chapter 14, Section 1: “The Nation’s Sick Economy” from page 482 to 489 to learn about how and why the nation’s economy hit rock bottom in 1929.
Use these questions to help you take notes:
•What were some economic problems that Americans faced before the stock market crash?
•Why was Herbert Hoover elected President in 1928?
•What was Black Tuesday?
•What were some causes of the Great Depression?
•How did the stock market crash affect the nation? The world?
1. Economic problems before Depression
a. Decrease in demand, prices drop
b. Crop surpluses
c. Railroads go out of business
d. CREDIT! People living beyond means
2. Hoover elected President in 1928
a. Americans happy with Republicans, and he is one
b. Ran against Al Smith, a Catholic
3. Black Tuesday
a. October 29, 1929: stock market crashes
4. Causes of Great Depression
a. Easy credit is too available
b. Crop surplus
c. Industries have old equipment, can’t compete
d. Uneven distribution of wealth
5. Impact of stock market crash
a. Banks go bankrupt
b. People lose jobs
c. Businesses close
d. Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act: taxes imports from other countries
i. The rest of the world enters a depression, too
Guided Practice
Use this graphic organizer to show the causes and effects of the stock market crash of 1929.
Independent Practice
Pretend that today is October 29, 1929. Write a journal entry for that day, pretending to be one of the following people:
-an investor who has lost his life savings in the stock market collapse
-a wealthy investor who has lost a substantial amount in the collapse
-a stock broker
-a banker
-a news reporter witnessing business at the New York Stock Exchange
Learning Log
Why did the Great Depression happen? How do you think it will effect everyday people like you and me?
Do Whatcha Know!
What kind of event do you think the top cartoon describes? What clues can you find to help you?
What do the two men in the bottom cartoon represent? What do you think happened to make them so different?
Intro to New Material
Read Chapter 14, Section 1: “The Nation’s Sick Economy” from page 482 to 489 to learn about how and why the nation’s economy hit rock bottom in 1929.
Use these questions to help you take notes:
•What were some economic problems that Americans faced before the stock market crash?
•Why was Herbert Hoover elected President in 1928?
•What was Black Tuesday?
•What were some causes of the Great Depression?
•How did the stock market crash affect the nation? The world?
1. Economic problems before Depression
a. Decrease in demand, prices drop
b. Crop surpluses
c. Railroads go out of business
d. CREDIT! People living beyond means
2. Hoover elected President in 1928
a. Americans happy with Republicans, and he is one
b. Ran against Al Smith, a Catholic
3. Black Tuesday
a. October 29, 1929: stock market crashes
4. Causes of Great Depression
a. Easy credit is too available
b. Crop surplus
c. Industries have old equipment, can’t compete
d. Uneven distribution of wealth
5. Impact of stock market crash
a. Banks go bankrupt
b. People lose jobs
c. Businesses close
d. Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act: taxes imports from other countries
i. The rest of the world enters a depression, too
Guided Practice
Use this graphic organizer to show the causes and effects of the stock market crash of 1929.
Independent Practice
Pretend that today is October 29, 1929. Write a journal entry for that day, pretending to be one of the following people:
-an investor who has lost his life savings in the stock market collapse
-a wealthy investor who has lost a substantial amount in the collapse
-a stock broker
-a banker
-a news reporter witnessing business at the New York Stock Exchange
Learning Log
Why did the Great Depression happen? How do you think it will effect everyday people like you and me?
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