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Kevin W. Powers Whitesboro High School kpower@wboro

The Great Depression 1929-1941. Kevin W. Powers Whitesboro High School kpower@wboro.org. What can the Federal Government do to help America through the Great Depression?. Is this Depression a “Social Problem”?. Follow this link to read more!. Continue.

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Kevin W. Powers Whitesboro High School kpower@wboro

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  1. The Great Depression 1929-1941 Kevin W. Powers Whitesboro High School kpower@wboro.org

  2. What can the Federal Government do to help America through the Great Depression? Is this Depression a “Social Problem”? Follow this link to read more! Continue

  3. What can the Federal Government do to help America through the Great Depression? Task: You are a new addition to President Franklin Roosevelt’s “Brain Trust” and are supposed to figure out a way to get our economy back on track. Create a list of 5 things that you believe need to be done immediately to start us on the “road to recovery”: (groups of 3-4) You can use your notes and any other outside materials to help with this task.

  4. What can the Federal Government do to help America through the Great Depression? Group 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Group 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Group 3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Group 4 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Share & Compare

  5. What can the Federal Government do to help America through the Great Depression? 1. What is a Depression? 2. What caused the Great Depression? 3. What happens to people during a Depression? Let’s gather some evidence to help understand what’s going on: Read: What does it mean to Gather Evidence? Read: How can we determine a Cause?

  6. As part of your evidence gathering, check out the next series of slides…..

  7. What is it?

  8. WHAT HAPPENED???

  9. What can the Federal Government do to help America through the Great Depression? Now, look at your options and create a list of advantages and disadvantages for each consideration Option # ___ Advantages vs. Disadvantages Use your notebook to complete this

  10. President Roosevelt…We think you should… Based on your list of options along with a thorough examination of the data, evidence, etc. your group is recommending that President Roosevelt take which 2 steps immediately… • _____________________________________ 2. _____________________________________

  11. Did FDR take your advice to help America through the Great Depression? With the election of Franklin Roosevelt in 1932, the government was going to move in a different direction then his predecessor when it came to dealing with the depression. Follow this link to learn more about it….

  12. What Is The Impact Of The New Deal? Evaluate Roosevelt Now, using your class notes and the following worksheet on President Roosevelt as a guide, evaluate his policies as the government’s next attempt to “help” America:

  13. WORKS CITED 1. Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother”. Photograph. Web. 25 Feb. 2011 <http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm> 2. Unemployed men vying for jobs at the American Legion Employment Bureau in Los Angeles during the Great Depression. Photograph. Web. 25 Feb. 2011 <http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm> 3. SOLutions. Cartoon. Web. 25 Feb. 2011 <http://www.tihr.com/solutions/sol051203.htm> 4. Multimedia Learning. Chart. Web. 25 Feb. 2011 <multimedialearning.org> 5. The Heritage Foundation. Chart. Web. 25 Feb. 2011 <http://heritage.org/Multimedia/InfoGraphic/More-federal-spending--New-deal- or-raw-deal?query=More+federal+spending:+New+deal+or+raw+deal?> 6. Men standing in Food line. World Financial Blog. Photograph. Web. 25 Feb. 2011 <http://www.worldfinancialblog.com/wp-content/uploads/95714- 004-feadeda8.jpg>

  14. 7. Men Sitting in Soup Kitchen. Corbis Images. Photograph. Web. 25 Feb. 2011 <http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/5E78DC11-5034-4A63- 8DB7-A60BADB9B6C3/BE040028.jpg> 8. People in Line. With Good Reason. Photograph. Web.. 25 Feb. 2011 <http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2009/05/ten-cents-a-dance-2/> 9. FDR. Bad Attitudes. Photograph. Web. 25 Feb. 2011 <http://badattitudes.com/MT/FDR.jpg> 10. I Want You FDR. Photograph. Web 25 Feb. 2011 <http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRDnAAdRf_A3F4Eaq5wR LreFKBlQ1YnHCSXyakqPxXl4KHoaE9z-w>

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