Using PowerPoint in Your Lessons

Using PowerPoint in Your Lessons A sample for a lesson on the Great Depression For STEPS 1 & 2 of the AHPPA By the Critical Staff Jim Carroll, Joe Montecalvo, Art Fortin & Fred Fisher

Aim: The “Great Depression”A Major Social Problem in American History

The Great Depression of the 1930’s

Have you ever been Depressed? How did you feel?

What Is Depression? • Is it just sadness? • Is it an illness? • Is it common?

What Causes Depression in People? • Loss of Friends • Death • Illness • Loss of income- job • Missed opportunities • A feeling of a loss of control over one’s future Which of these do you think is the most important?

A Definition of Depression Write your own definition of the word “depression”

ECONOMIC DEPRESSION • Economics. A period of drastic decline in a national or international economy, characterized by decreasing business activity, falling prices, and unemployment

Depression How does this definition compare to you definition of “depression?”

THE NINETEEN THIRTIES IN AMERICA Group responsibilities • Slide Recorder • 2 Slide Evaluators • PPA worksheet recorder

VIEWING WORKSHEET • SLIDE #EVIDENCE • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • ETC

Slide # 1 1: 2

WEST VIRGINIA 1934 Slide # 2 1: 2:

BONUS MARCH ON WASHINGTON DC SLIDE # 3 1: 2:

OKLAHOMA 1936 SLIDE # 4 1: 2

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STATISITCS SLIDE # 5 1: 2:

ROUTE 66 TO CALIFORNIA SLIDE # 6 1: 2:

GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT SLIDE # 7 1: 2:

ARKANSAS 1936 Slide # 8 1: 2:

Soup Kitchen 1935 SLIDE # 9 1: 2:

LITHOGRAPH FROM THE DEWITT CLINTON H.S. LITERARY MAGAZINE 1938 SLIDE # 10 1: 2:

Let’s sing along: “Brother Can You Spare A Dime” SLIDE # 11 Lyrics YouTube Video List Evidence for The Great Depression in songs 1: 2:

An Oral History of the Great Depression Slide # 12 http://www.studsterkel.org/htimes.php Gather Evidence for the PROBLEMS in the GREAT DEPRESSION from this website

Slide # 13 Look at Images of the Great Depression at the hyperlink below When you open it, click on “words” and gather evidence of the era http://204.244.141.13/writ_den/h15/direct.htm

Slide # 14 GATHERING THE EVIDENCE Of Causes Of The Great Depression Search Through The Images On The Website Below. Write down evidence that you glean from the images shown http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm

THE SUMMARY 1: Identify a social problem of the Great Depression 2: List evidence for the Great Depression using “Viewing Worksheets” LINKS DEFINE THE SOCIAL PROBLEM GATHER EVIDENCE FOR THE SOCIAL PROBLEM

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT # 1 TEACHER SUGGESTIONS

Homework Assignment # 2 • Your task is to develop a Public Policyusing the CRITICAL WORKSHEETthat the government could follow to reduce effects of the depression on Americans in the future. • THERE WILL BE ANOTHER !

Follow-up Lesson Suggestions: • Class debate on policies developed by students • Students debate the order of importance for causes of the Depression • PowerPoint of New Deal programs and policies- students make comparisons to their policies • Use AHPPA to evaluate the New Deal Programs

Using PowerPoint in Your Lessons