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The Great Depression and Everyday Life Lesson PlanThe Great Depression and Everyday Life Lesson Plan
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The Great Depression and Everyday Life

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Examine everyday life during the Great Depression, as well as the effects if the Depression on American population, society, and economy. Learners write who, what, where, when, and why summaries of a person who relocated to California during the Dust Bowl. They then create a newspaper explaining the causes and effects of the Dust Bowl.

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Research, the new deal, franklin d. roosevelt, the federal government, the united states government, the dust bowl, the great depression

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dust bowl, federal government, new deal, Research Skills, the great depression, social impact of the depression, black sunday, social studies
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11th
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Social Studies & History
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