Monday - February 29, 2016

DRAW A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION BASED ON THE COLOR OF YOUR PAPER.

1. Drought
2. Tariff Increases
3. Consumer Spending
4. Bank Failures
5. Stock Market Crashed






Draw all a picture of all 5 causes in your journal and name them.





KEY TERMS:



Keynsian Economics
Social Security
New Deal
Hoovertown
Reconstruction Fiance Corporation
First Hundred Days




INFORMATIONAL PACKET - EACH GROUP WILL HAVE A PACKET.

1. Open it.
2. Analyze the information.
        
3. Answer the Questions.

1. What is ________. Define it in your own words.

2. How did _______affect the American people. 







TIME TO ACT 

Your group skit must:
1. include everyone
2. use the key words in your packet
3. teach us what your word is and how it impacted the United States

WORD WEB

Friday, February 26th

The Causes of the Great Depression




The Great Depression


What are the 5 Causes of the Great Depression?

The 5 Causes of the Great Depression are _________,__________, ____________, and ____________.

Which cause do you think was the the greatest effect in causing the Great Depression? Why?

The cause that had the greatest effect in causing the Great Depression was _________________ because _______________.




Comparing the Yee Haw Game to History

Key Causes and Effects of the Great Depression





If you were newly elected President Roosevelt, what would you do to stop the Great Depression?

If I was President Roosevelt, I would _________________to stop the Great Depression.

Thursday, February 25th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Gwe5gKgjo

Do you think Black Tuesday affected everybody or just rich people?  Why?  I think Black Tuesday affected __________ because _________________.

YEE HAW!  

We hope you are feeling ready to win!  And win some more!

Here is a fun chance to up your grade!  The more you risk the higher you can raise your grade! Work with your partner to get the highest score possible!

PAIRS READINGS

Work with your partner to read the articles.  Each article is broken into 3 parts.  We will read them part by part.  Read silently and then circle the 3 words you think sum up the 1st section the best.  Share these words with your partner and determine which words are best together.  Then write a sentence using these three words to summarize this section.  Share this sentence with your partner and discuss which sentence is the best summary.  Repeat for each section.

Historical Parallels

How did you feel at the beginning of the Yee Haw activity?  Why?  I felt __________ because _________________.

What happened when the game shifted?  Did you expect this to happen?  When the game shifted I __________________.

How did Yee Haw capture the Stock Market crash?  The game captured the Stock Market crash by __________________.

Wednesday, February 24th

Wednesday February 24, 2016


BLACK TUESDAY

What is the stock market?

The stock market is ________________.

What was Black Tuesday?

Black Tuesday was __________________.

Did the US Government help cause the Great Depression? Why or why not?

The US Government _________help cause the Great Depression because _______________.

NEWSPAPER SEARCH

On your table you will find several headlines from newspapers during the Great Depression.  You will investigate these examples and report on what you see.

What is one common theme you notice in all the materials?  I notice __________________ as a common theme.

How do you think you would have felt as an unemployed worker in the Great Depression?  Based on what you looked at do you think you would have like President Roosevelt?  I would have felt _________________.  I think President Roosevelt _____________________. 

What was something in the Economic Category that you observed?  I observed ______________.

Social Category..._________________.

Political Category..._____________________.

Give a one or two sentence summary of each article you reviewed, including a title for each piece.

NEWSPAPER SEARCH

On your table you will find several headlines from newspapers during the Great Depression.  You will investigate these examples and report on what you see.

What is one common theme you notice in all the materials?  I notice __________________ as a common theme.

How do you think you would have felt as an unemployed worker in the Great Depression?  Based on what you looked at do you think you would have like President Roosevelt?  I would have felt _________________.  I think President Roosevelt _____________________. 

What was something in the Economic Category that you observed?  I observed ______________.

Social Category..._________________.

Political Category..._____________________.

Give a one or two sentence summary of each article you reviewed, including a title for each piece.






What impact did the Great Depression make in the United States?  the world?

The Great Depression impacted the United States by ___________.
The Great Depression impacted the world by ______________.

Monday, February 22nd

Good and Hard times in American 1920's -1930's

What were some of the good times of the 1920's?

Some of the good times of the 1920's were _________and __________.

What are some of the bad times of the 1930's.

Some of the bad times of the 1930's were ___________and __________. 

Was there any good thing that this clip mentioned for the 1930's?

If you did see something, what was it?

There __________a good thing.

It was _____________.

TIME FOR A SNOWBALL FIGHT!

 

Schoology Gallery Walk

 

Review the Album Covers your peers made.  Review at least six, and answer the following questions.

Which album cover resonated with you the most?  Why?  The album cover that resonated with me was ________ because ___________.

What do music and popular culture help teach us about history? Give a specific example from our gallery walk.  Music and popular culture teach us _________________ such as ______.

What do these songs teach us about the 1920's and 1930's?  These songs teach us __________________________.

What do you know about the Great Depression?

I know ___________, ______________, and __________ about the Great Depression.