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Unit 6: The Great Depression (1929-1941)

Essential Question: How did the United States respond to the economic challenges of the Great Depression?

Lesson # / Focus / HW: Display understanding… / Due Date
1 / Causes of the Great Depression / #35 …of the five different causes for the stock market crash & the Great Depression / Wed
Feb 13
2 / From Hoover to FDR / #36 …of Hoover’s attempts to help the economy and the election of FDR. / Fri
Feb 15
3 / Different perspectives during the Great Depression / #37 …of how different people were personally affected by the Great Depression. / Fri
Feb 22
4 / Entertainment, art and literature of the 1930’s / #38 …of the Great Depression through entertainment, art & literature. / Wed
Feb 27
5 / FDR’s New Deal / #39 …of how FDR’s First New Deal attempted to solve the problems of the Great Depression – use at least 3 specific reforms / Mon
Mar 4
6 / FDR’s Second New Deal / #40 …of how FDR’s Second New Deal attempted to solve the problems of the Great Depression – use at least 3 specific reforms / Fri
Mar 8
7 / Effects and opposition to FDR’s programs / #41 …of how FDR’s Second New Deal attempted to solve the problems of the Great Depression – use at least 3 specific reforms / Wed
Mar 13

Your choice! You can choose any of the options below to complete your homework.

- political cartoon- poster

- journal/diary entry- newspaper article

You may NOT choose any of the options above more than two times. This will result in a deduction of your grade. Be sure to keep track of the option you’ve chosen on your outline.

Vocabulary:

  1. stock exchange5. pension9. drought
  2. on margin6. efficient10. Gross National Product
  3. default7. consumer11. Dust Bowl
  4. subsidy8. furnished12. slogging

FDR’s programs (Lessons 5 & 6) chart on pg 732

New Deal (1933) / Second New Deal (1935-1938)
CCC
NRA / TVA
PWA / FERA
FDIC / AAA
/ REA
FSA / WPA
FLSA / SSA

No school – Monday Feb. 18 & Tuesday Feb. 19

Exit Project First Draft due Tuesday, March 5

Exam date is scheduled for Friday, March 15

New vocabulary and key figures are also introduced in class as well. Be sure to always take active notes and be proactive with your learning.