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Grade 4, Social Studies Std 12: Explain the effects of the events of the 1920’s and the Great Depression on different socioeconomic groups. • Describing the effects of supply and demand on the economy |
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| Lesson Plans: Worth a Thousand Words: Depression - Era Photographs Students will gain insight into New Deal programs and the experience of Depression-era Americans. Great Depression Unit A six lesson unit: "...we are in need", "...a delegation of citizens", A Helping Hand, Relief!, STRIKE!!!, and Spelling "Help" in a New Way. We Are in Need Upon completion, students should be able to: 1) Identify some of the needs of the poor during the Great Depression; 2) Compare Great Depression social programs with those established during Pres. Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" and contrast those programs with the issues raised by the current "welfare reform" movement; 3) Develop negotiation skills while prioritizing needs; 4) discuss government role in addressing the needs of the poor; 5) Analyze the economic ability of government to respond to requests for aid; 6) Synthesize a governmental response to requests for aid from the poor. (AL Dept. of Archives & History) A Delegation of Citizens Topics include: the multiple sides of the issue of governmental responsibilities; the economic ability of the government to respond to requests for aid; governmental response to requests for aid from the disadvantaged; the poll tax; socialism and capitalism. (AL Dept. of Archives & History) A Helping Hand Topics include: comparing and contrasting living standards of the Great Depression era with those of today; role of a civic organization in a community; importance of seasonal work upon the economy of a community. (AL Dept. of Archives & History) Relief! Topics include: comparing and contrasting living standards of the Great Depression era with those of today; nutrition and health of the assisted during the Great Depression. (AL Dept. of Archives & History) STRIKE! Topics include: fears and needs of workers in Alabama during The Great Depression; racial and gender issues being raised; a strike and its participants; the issues of a labor strike; economic and political issues of the time period; multiple views presented by historic documents. (AL Dept. of Archives & History)
Spelling "Help" in a New Way
Topics include: purposes of the CCC, the CWA, and the WPA; the
economic and civic significance of the CCC, the CSA, and the WPA;
long-term effects of the New Deal programs in Alabama.
(AL Dept. of Archives & History) |
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| Resources: Alabama Department of Archives & History: Timelines, activity sheets, teacher resources. Alabama History Timeline: A very thorough resource. The Great Depression: A collection of photographs. The Great Depression: The sixth volume in the award-winning "America in the 20th Century" series, "The Great Depression" explores the “bust times” that came to be called the Great Depression. From the events that triggered the “Black Tuesday” collapse of the stock market to the myriad federal programs initiated to revive the economy, the program provides an excellent overview of the period. United Streaming. The Tarnished Dream: 1929-1931: Using archival film footage, this program documents the Wall Street crash of 1929, and the ensuing Great Depression. During the late '20s, stockbrokers enjoy booming sales, selling stocks on margin; the public eagerly buy stocks and consumer goods on credit; the government allows this to go unchecked, in the belief that easy money is good for business and the economy. United Streaming. Voices of the Dust: In this program, students journey back in time – to Oklahoma during the Great Depression of the 1930s – also known as the Dust Bowl era. United Streaming.
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