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- 7th - 9th
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Students create a timeline detailing the events of the Great Depression to identify causes of the Great Depression. Then students organize the programs created by the New Deal using a graphic organizer. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students listen to music and view primary sources to better explain the era of the Great Depression. They examine examples of oral histories on the Internet. After conducting an interview, students create a powerpoint about the Great Drepression. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students investigate how the Great Depression affected the lives of people in Alberta, Canada. They watch a slideshow presentation, answer discussion questions, complete a chart, write a page of a diary describing the life of an urban dweller or rural dweller, and write a paragraph. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine causes and effects of Great Depression and its significance on twentieth-century life, analyze value of various types of historical information, specifically primary sources, and relate events, issues, problems, and solutions of past to present. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students analyze the many causes of major political, economic and social developments during the 1920s and 1930s with emphasis on the Great Depression. Students will also get a sense of the despair and desperation felt by United States citizens during these difficult times. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students discuss prior knowledge about the Great Depression and then read and demonstrate a good understanding of the setting of the book, "Bill Peet: An Autobiography" by telling the other students in the class the situation that was happening during the Great Depression and the effect on Americans. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students examine the effect of the Great Depression on California. After reading a summary, they discover how the depression and Dust Bowl led to the immigration of great numbers of farm workers into California. They also research how Cesar Chavez was affected by the two events. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students interpret patterns of behavior reflecting values and attitudes that contribute or pose obstacles to cross-cultural exploration. They explain and apply ideas, theories and modes of inquiry drawn from anthropology and sociology in the examination of persistent issues and social problems. Students explore the effects of the Great Depression through the eyes of African American teenagers. They contrast those experiences with their own life situations. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students analyze the many causes of major political, economic and social developments during the 1920s and 1930s with emphasis on the Great Depression. They are shown photographs from the 1920's and the 1930's. Students write a brief explaination of what they believe are the two most important reasons behind the changed conditions shown in the photographs. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research the impact of the Great Depression on the United States. In groups, they use the internet to describe each of FDR's New Deal Programs and how it helped unemployment. They also discuss how these programs affected the countries in Europe as well. Full Review »