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Agenda February 9

Explore the different approaches taken by Hoover and Roosevelt during the Great Depression, evaluate their effectiveness, and analyze their speeches defending their actions. Engage in discussions about economic principles and the impact of government policies.

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Agenda February 9

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  1. Agenda February 9 • Journal • Finish Economics For Kids • Hoover’s vs. Roosevelt’s Response to the Depression • In Their Own Words • HW: Read “Hoover Defends His Record (1932)” and “Roosevelt Indicts Hoover (1932)” and Answer the accompanying questions • Read Chapter 5 and 6 and complete Reading packet Due Thursday February 19th Journal: What would you do if you had just purchased a new ipod and, as a joke, a sibling or friend took a sharpie wrote inappropriate or obscene things on it?

  2. Agenda Period 5 • Teaching Hoover’s vs. Roosevelt’s Response to the Depression • HW: Read “Hoover Defends His Record (1932)” and “Roosevelt Indicts Hoover (1932)” and Answer the accompanying questions • Read Chapter 5 and 6 and complete Reading packet Due Thursday February 19th

  3. Teaching • Teach the class about your section and the most significant events that took place. • Explain how each action taken effected Supply and Demand and the GDP • Create a poster that would act as a teaching aid for your section • Create 4 questions about your section that would asses everyone’s knowledge about what you have just taught (you may not use the ones from the book).

  4. Reading Groups • Cautious Response to Depression Fails 720-721 (Omar’s Group) • Hoover Adopts More Activist Policies 721-722 (Chelsa’s Group) • American’s Protest Hoover’s Failures 722-724 (Madaline’s Group) • First Hundred Days Provide Instant Action 734-736 (Dave’s Group) • Extending Social and Economic Reform 740-743 (Kellie’s Table) • Labor Unions Find a New Energy 744-745 (Sarah’s Group) • Opposition to the New Deal Emerges 737-739 (Aaron’s Group)

  5. Hoover, FDR and Economics • Compare and Contrast Hoover and Roosevelt’s responses to the depression. • Which response was more successful? Why? • Which response made the best Economics 101 sense?

  6. In Their Own Words • Read “Hoover Defends His Record (1932)” and “Roosevelt Indicts Hoover (1932)” • Which is the least convincing part of Hoover’s recital? Why? • What is the most unfair part of Roosevelt's indictment? Why? • Do you agree or disagree with Hoover? Why? • Do you agree or disagree with Roosevelt? Why? • Was Roosevelt really the Hero and Hoover really the Villain of the depression? Why or Why not?

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