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- 11th
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Students explain the connection between past and present history, particularly related to government funded programs and research legislation from the Depression era and legislation currently proposed on the federal and state levels. Full Review »
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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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- 7th
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Students read literature and poetry about the Great Depression. They create a timeline and discuss political ramifications the Depression had on the U.S. They collect and analyze data related to the stock market. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students watch and discuss a video dealing with the topic of depression and suicide. They answer discussion questions, identify sources of stress, conduct research on exercise and diet, interview a psychiatrist, and take a self-test on depression. 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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