Title: Impact of the Great Depression on Society

Date: October 17, 2014

Write down the
Topical Essential Question.
(1.2.f) SWBAT identify
and evaluate how the
Great Depression
impacted American
society in the 1930s.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
Effects of the Great
Depression

T-EQ: What impact can
economic problems have
on a nation?

O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
decade of the 1930s?
The unemployment level
reached an all time high of
25% in 1932
1 in 4 Americans were left
without a means to provide
for their families

Bread lines formed in every major town and city across
the country

Hoovervilles were a common site in any centrally
populated area

Hoboes Travelers that went from town to town,
following railways to find jobs
(1.2.f) SWBAT identify
and evaluate how the
Great Depression
impacted American
society in the 1930s.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
Effects of the Great
Depression

T-EQ: What impact can
economic problems have
on a nation?

O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
decade of the 1930s?
TWS: What would the implications be today if
unemployment reached 25%? Justify. (Our
current unemployment is hovering around 7 %).

CHALLENGE! Hoover, who believed as his
predecessors did in the concept of Laissez Faire,
responded at first by keeping the government
out of the economic crisis. What specifically do
you think he could/should have done in the early
days of the economic downturn? Explain!


(1.2.f) SWBAT identify
and evaluate how the
Great Depression
impacted American
society in the 1930s.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
Effects of the Great
Depression

T-EQ: What impact can
economic problems have
on a nation?

O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
decade of the 1930s?
Life in rural areas was hard:
Lower employment
opportunities
Few government programs were designed to assist rural
areas
Between 1929 and 1932, over 400,000 farms were lost
through foreclosure

However, farmers had one advantage
They could grow food for themselves and their families
TWS: How do you think a mass drought would impact farmers
at this time?
(1.2.f) SWBAT identify
and evaluate how the
Great Depression
impacted American
society in the 1930s.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
Effects of the Great
Depression

T-EQ: What impact can
economic problems have
on a nation?

O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
decade of the 1930s?
Early 1930s farmers in the
mid-west experienced one of
the worst droughts in American
history.

This made life even worse for the farmers that
remained after the Depression struck
Families could no longer sustain themselves with their
crop production
TWS Hypothesize: How do you think the famers attempted
to overcome this crisis? Justify.
CHALLENGE! How have droughts impacted our lives today?
What do you think is the role of the government during times
of drought? Explain!
(1.2.f) SWBAT identify
and evaluate how the
Great Depression
impacted American
society in the 1930s.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
Effects of the Great
Depression

T-EQ: What impact can
economic problems have
on a nation?

O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
decade of the 1930s?
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Many farmers decided to pack up and leave their drought stricken farms and move west to
California hoping for a new start. So many of the migrants were from Oklahoma they soon
became known as Okies.

Unfortunately, farming conditions in California were not much better. Many of the migrants
ended up living in migrant/refugee camps.
The Okies
0-5: New Deal?

After his election in 1932, President Roosevelt
implements the New Deal

A series of government programs designed to help
bring the country out of the Great Depression

Functioned under Keynesian Economics and
interventionist philosophies of helping the
American people

J.M. Keynes- created pump priming method of
economics
Government has a responsibility to use tax dollars to
create jobs and reverse the negative economic cycle

(1.2.f) SWBAT identify
and evaluate how the
Great Depression
impacted American
society in the 1930s.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
Effects of the Great
Depression

T-EQ: What impact can
economic problems have
on a nation?

O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
decade of the 1930s?
TWS: What examples of Keynesian economics do we see today in
America? List at least 2 and argue if they are necessary for
economic growth.

Peer Eval.- 2 pts: accurate examples
2 pts: strong argument of necessity
1 pt: used complete sentences

CHALLENGE! How did Keynesian economics under the New Deal
differ from the approach from Hoover? Explain!

(1.2.f) SWBAT identify
and evaluate how the
Great Depression
impacted American
society in the 1930s.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
Effects of the Great
Depression

T-EQ: What impact can
economic problems have
on a nation?

O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
decade of the 1930s?
3 Goals of the New Deal (The 3 Rs):

Relief- immediately helping the poor and unemployed
get money

Recovery- helping businesses/banks get back on their
feet

Reform- preventing the problems that caused the
depression from happening again

TWS Analyze the 3 Rs above. Which do you think was
the most pressing (important) to consider when trying to
tackle the problems of the Great Depression? Explain!

CHALLENGE! Which do you think was the least
important? Explain!

(1.2.f) SWBAT identify
and evaluate how the
Great Depression
impacted American
society in the 1930s.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
Effects of the Great
Depression

T-EQ: What impact can
economic problems have
on a nation?

O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
decade of the 1930s?