Chapter 8.2: Americans Face Hard Times
Focus Question: How did the Great Depression affect the lives of urban and rural Americans?
Supplementary Activity: The Economics of the Dust Bowl |
Terms and People: * bread line * Hooverville * tenant farmer * Dust Bowl * Okies * repatriation
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1) Bellringer
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2) Lecture and Cornell Notes
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PDF Version:
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3) Think - Pair - Share
Think: on your own, check your lecture notes and mentally work through the questions.
Pair: talk through the questions with your elbow partner. Share: be prepared to answer the questions in class.
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4) Section Movie
Crash Course Episodes
Watch the movie, then answer the questions in the Section Movie part of your Section Packet or OneNote binder. The questions that you answer are below:
Movie Title: The Great Depression Grips America
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Activity 1: The Big Ideas: Study Guide
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Activity 2: The Great Depression Grips America
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Activity 3: Human Toll of the Depression
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Summary
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Activity 4: Great Depression Photo Analysis Webquest
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Exit Ticket
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Just for Fun:
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Title: TBA
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Supplementary Activity: The Economics of the Dust Bowl
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Activity 1: The Video Notes & Graphic Organizer
Watch the following 4 video segments and complete Activity 1 of the worksheet. |
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Bellringer: Social Security
01 Recollection
Meet some of the people who lived in the Great Plains and learn about the history of the region. The Great Plains stretch from Canada to Southern Texas, from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains. |
02 Mechanized Agriculture
Modern had machinery made wheat farming more efficient and profitable. The result was more land speculation, more acreage turned over to wheat farming, and a blind faith that the good times wouldn't end. |
03 The Wheat Bubble Burst
The stock market crashed on October 29, 1929, a day that would come to be known as "Black Tuesday." The crash punctured a speculative bubble that had been building throughout the 1920s, throwing one-and-a-half million Americans out of work. |
04 The Depression Comes to the Southern Plains
Wheat prices continue to fall and a drought begins, farmers elect a Democrat, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, for president. |
Activity 2: Wheat Production Chart Analysis
Open the Charts.pdf and answer the questions on page 8 of the worksheet. |
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Wheat Production Chart Background:
A combination of mechanized farming and the onset of World War I led to a spike in wheat production from 1913 to 1915. Overproduction and depleted soil throughout North America led to a short decline in wheat production from 1916 to 1917.
Background Information—Supply, Demand, and Price:
Supply and demand are fundamental concepts of economics and the backbone of a market economy.
A combination of mechanized farming and the onset of World War I led to a spike in wheat production from 1913 to 1915. Overproduction and depleted soil throughout North America led to a short decline in wheat production from 1916 to 1917.
Background Information—Supply, Demand, and Price:
Supply and demand are fundamental concepts of economics and the backbone of a market economy.
- Supply represents the amount of goods producers are willing to supply when they receive a certain price. Farmers grow enough wheat to sell at a certain price in order to make a profit.
- Demand refers to how much a product is desired by consumers. The quantity demanded is the amount of product consumers are willing to buy at a certain price. Consumers buy wheat when the price is right.
- As consumer demand for a product increases, prices go up. Manufacturers respond to higher demand by producing a larger supply of the product. With more products in the market, competition increases and the price will go down.
Extension
These are videos, websites, and activities that I believe are helpful in understanding and thinking critically about the content, or helpful in preparing for exams. Extension activities are voluntary, but recommended.
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