FDR & the New Deal

Week of 1/13 - 1/17

1/13 - Dust Bowl clips - How was this a man-made environmental catastrophe?  HW: Readings & Worksheet

1/14 - PPT Information on FDR & the New Deal - what was the New Deal?  Did it work?

1/15 - Finish the PPT from above (keep notes),  effectiveness of the New Deal, reading

1/16 - Fireside Chat excerpt, complete handout, Social Security Act, Eleanor Roosevelt

1/17 - Group Assignment on New Deal Programs

View this video on the New Deal:

Week of 1/6 - 1/10

Here's the activities and assignments for this week:

1/6 - Finish with Stock Market Crash of 1929 information and video.  (see below for video link in case you were absent), Read the article below on the Crash

1/7 - PPT Information on 'Causes of the Great Depression' - fill out notesheet and keep it

1/8 - finish above PPT and do photo walk about Life During the Depression - hand in the analysis sheet

1/9 - Readings and handout on the Dust Bowl, view clip from Ken Burns' documentary on the Dust Bowl

1/10 - finish above & complete reading on FDR vs Hoover


Here's the documentary on the Great Crash of 1929:

Read this article on the Crash of 1929:

http://www.ushistory.org/us/48a.asp

Happy Holidays!!

Happy Holidays Everyone - hope you had a relaxing break!