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Unit Author
First and Last Name / Brock Lewis
School District / PYLUSD
School Name / Yorba Linda High School
School City, State / Yorba Linda, CA
Unit Overview
Unit Title
Great Depression/New Deal Unit Plan
Unit Summary
After the prosperity of the 1920's, America suffered an economic collapse in the 1930's. This unit goes into the causes of the Depression and also how Americans dealt with their problems. The unit then shifts to President Roosevelt and how he implemented the New Deal to bring America out of the Depression
Subject Area
US History
Grade Level
11th Grade
Approximate Time Needed
2 Weeks
Unit Foundation
Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks
11.6 Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government.
1. Describe the monetary issues of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that gave rise to the establishment of the Federal Reserve and the weaknesses in key sectors of the economy in the late 1920s.
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.
3. Discuss the human toll of the Depression, natural disasters, and unwise agricultural practices and their effects on the depopulation of rural regions and on political movements of the left and right, with particular attention to the Dust Bowl refugees and their social and economic impacts in California.
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).
5. Trace the advances and retreats of organized labor, from the creation of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations to current issues of a postindustrial, multinational economy, including the United Farm Workers in California.
Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes
1. Students will be able to Identify various causes for the Great Depression
2. Students will be able to analyze how the Great Depression affected various groups of Americans
3. Students will be able to describe how the New Deal changed the role of government
4. Students will be able to identify important New Deal programs and their effects on the country
5. Students will be able to trace the advances and retreats of organized labor.
Curriculum-Framing Questions
Essential Question / How are the problems that Americans faced in the Great Depression similar to the ones we are facing today?
Unit Questions / What were the effects of the Great Depression on the American people? How did people cope with the difficulties?
Content Questions / How did FDR's New Deal change the role of government and bring America out of the Depression?
What was the Dust Bowl and why was it important?
What was the significance of the fireside chats?
Assessment Plan
Assessment Timeline
Assessment Plan Timeline (List Form)
Entry Level
· Day 1- Brainstorming
· Day 2- KWL Chart
Progress Monitoring
· Day 4- Compare and Contrast
· Days 5-10 Journaling
· Day 5- Survey
· Day 6- Webercise
· Day 8- Timeline
· Day 10- Multimedia Project
· Day 12- Guided Notes Activity
Summative
· Day 7- Exit Ticket (Summing up Great Depression)
· Day 15- Unit Exam (On Great Depression and New Deal)
Assessment Summary
Entry Level Assessments
Brainstorming-Students will be brainstorming anything they know about the Great Depression prior to the first lesson. On a piece of paper students will list ideas in a web style chart
KWL Chart-Students will fill out a KWL Chart as we begin to go over the causes of the Great Depression. Students will write what they know, what they want to know, and then at the end of the lesson what they learned.
Progress Monitoring Assessments
Compare and Contrast-Using a compare and contrast chart students will compare and contrast the Great Depression with the recent recession that America went through. Teacher will walk around from group to group monitoring the progress of students to see if they grasped the material or not
Journaling-For a week, students will be required to write in their journal as if they were documenting the time. For example they might answer writing prompts such as: You are a farmer in Kansas during the time of the Dust Bowl, write about the struggles you are facing and tell about what your next move will be stay or go?
Survey-This will be an online survey/poll. This is a great way to quickly and effective monitor whether or not students are understanding the material
Webercise-This will be an online activity
Timeline-Students will make a timeline from the stock market crash in 1929 through the New Deal era with FDR.
Multimedia Project-Students will make a multimedia project on a variety of topics covered in this unit. Students could choose from topics such as the stock market crash, the dust bowl, and the New Deal.
Guided Notes Activity-This activity will be lecture based and guided notes will be handed out to students.
Summative
Exit Ticket-This exit ticket will be similar to a short quiz on some of the topics covered in the lessons about the Great Depression. These concepts need to be grasped before moving on to the New Deal.
Unit Exam-Multiple choice, true/false exam covering both the New Deal and the Great Depresssion.
Entry Level Assessment (Brainstorm activity)
Directions: Write down anything you know that is associated with the Great Depression. Time Period, People, Events, etc.
Unit Details
Prerequisite Skills
Knowledge of the 1920’s (Roaring Twenties) in America and how it led to the Great Depression.
Instructional Procedures
There will be opportunites for students to use self-assessment in many of the lessons in this unit plan. Students will be able to see the learning goals for each lesson and be able to judge themselves if they think they have learned them or not.
Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction
Special Needs Students / During pair-share activities, teacher will make sure struggling readers are understanding the vocabulary terms.
Vocabulary will be emphasized at the beginning of the lesson before the reading. A guided reading worksheet will help the students group important information together. The worksheet will help students chunk important information together giving them the best chance to learn the material.
Nonnative Speakers / Vocabulary will be emphasized at the beginning of the lesson before the reading. A guided reading worksheet will help the students group important information together. The worksheet will help students chunk important information together giving them the best chance to learn the material.
ELL students will be given a Spanish-English dictionary so that they can look up confusing words in the reading that they will be doing.
Gifted/Talented Students / Gifted and talented students can use the unit plan site resource page where there are many websites and interactive sites where these students can further investigate their learning and dive deeper into the material.
Materials and Resources Required For Unit

Technology – Hardware (Click boxes of all equipment needed)

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Camera
Computer(s)
Digital Camera
DVD Player
Internet Connection / Laser Disk
Printer
Projection System
Scanner
Television / VCR
Video Camera
Video Conferencing Equip.
Other
Technology – Software (Click boxes of all software needed.)
Database/Spreadsheet
Desktop Publishing
E-mail Software
Encyclopedia on CD-ROM / Image Processing
Internet Web Browser
Multimedia / Web Page Development
Word Processing
Other

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Printed Materials / Students will need their textbooks, and other handouts that are attached onto the unit plan site.
Supplies / Students will need handouts that are attached at the bottom of each lesson. They will also need pencils, pens, paper and other basic educational supplies.
Internet Resources / www.gdnewdealplan.weebly.com
Other Resources / N/A

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