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"Breadline": The Great Depression Causes, Consequences and Recovery Lesson Plan"Breadline": The Great Depression Causes, Consequences and Recovery Lesson Plan
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"Breadline": The Great Depression Causes, Consequences and Recovery

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Students compare prices of popular items of late 1920s to cost of those items presently, determine which companies are best in which to invest, analyze causes and consequences of stock market crash of 1929, and evaluate significance of the New Deal.

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franklin d. roosevelt, united states presidents, the great depression

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franklin delano roosevelt, great depression, social studies
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Grade
5th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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Duration
4 days
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