Goals and Objectives
- Students will knows the different steps taken by the Federal Reserve, Congress, and Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt to help remedy the Great Depression. Using various primary sources, students will analyze the specific policies and programs (and their effectiveness) established by the Federal Reserve, Congress, and the presidents.
- Using a variety of primary sources, students will analyze and evaluate the effects of and the controversies arising from New Deal economic policies and the expanded role of the federal government during the Great Depression.
History-Social Science CA Content Standards
11.6 Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government.
2. Understand the explanations of the principal causes of the Great Depression and the steps taken by the Federal Reserve, Congress, and Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt to combat the economic crisis.
4. Analyze the effects of and the controversies arising from New Deal economic policies and the expanded role of the federal government in society and the economy since the 1930s (e.g., Works Progress Administration, Social Security, National Labor Relations Board, farm programs, regional development policies, and energy development projects such as the Tennessee Valley Authority, California Central Valley Project, and Bonneville Dam).
2. Understand the explanations of the principal causes of the Great Depression and the steps taken by the Federal Reserve, Congress, and Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt to combat the economic crisis.
4. Analyze the effects of and the controversies arising from New Deal economic policies and the expanded role of the federal government in society and the economy since the 1930s (e.g., Works Progress Administration, Social Security, National Labor Relations Board, farm programs, regional development policies, and energy development projects such as the Tennessee Valley Authority, California Central Valley Project, and Bonneville Dam).
CA Common Core State Standards
CCSS_H/SS_RH Grade 9-10
2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
9. Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
9. Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
Lesson Introduction
The teacher will begin the lesson by making connections with the past lesson which discussed the hardships brought on by the Great Depression and the New Deal reforms that sought to end the misery of the Great Depression. The students will make the connection by analyzing the meaning of the following FDR quote from his first fireside chat: "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself". Students will be given a handout/worksheet which will include the key vocabulary for the lesson as well serve as guidance for the introductory set and activities throughout the lesson.
Vocabulary
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Content Delivery
The teacher will have a gallery walk activity prepared for today's lesson. There will be eight stations spread out across the room; each station will focus on one New Deal program/reform. Each station will consist of a title (New Deal program/reform), primary source visuals (images, posters, or political cartoons), and background information about the specific New Deal program/reform. The students will be instructed to circulate the room, moving from station to station. The activity is designed for students to do the work and the learning, that is fun, engaging and interactive!
Student Engagement
As students circulate the room, from station to station, they will be using a worksheet to answer different questions about each New Deal program. There are sections provided for each New Deal program in which the students will take notes and record information based on the following question: 1) Who was the program intended to help and what did the program do?; 2) What do the images provided tell you about the New Deal program. Cite specific examples; and 3) Does this program still exist today? If yes, how so? If no, are there similar programs today?
New Deal Worksheet |
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Lesson Closure
For the lesson closure, the students will individually analyze a political cartoon from the Great Depression about the New Deal programs. Students will answer specific questions about the political cartoon (found on the last page of the New Deal worksheet). First, students will individually analyze the political cartoon and record their answers on the worksheet. Next, the whole class will discuss their analysis and answers pertaining to the political cartoon. The teacher will end the lesson with one question that is designed to get the students to think critically about the content covered during the gallery walk lesson. The teacher will ask the students which of the eight New Deal programs they believe is the most important in helping remedy the hardships of the Great Depression.
Assessments
Formative Progress-Monitoring: The teacher will assess student learning throughout the lesson by circulating around the room as students rotate from station to station. The teacher will monitor student learning by checking for understanding in their answers on the worksheet and asking deeper-level thinking questions to individual students or small groups. The lesson closure will serve as a great opportunity for the teacher to monitor the students' progress and understanding of the lesson content.
Accommodations for Students with Special Needs and English Learners
EL and SSN students will be provided the lesson material the day before which provides these students more time to prepare for today's lesson.. EL students will be given English and Spanish versions of the worksheet and station handouts. SSN students will paired with gifted students during the station activities.