Lesson on Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Aim: How did the New Deal attempt to end the Great Depression??

Bell Ringer: Grade & review: Packet "The Great Depression, 1929-1940"

Objectives:

1. Students will examine causes, course, and consequences of the Great Depression and the New Deal. Also Assessed Benchmarks ·

2. Students will evaluate how the economic boom during the Roaring Twenties changed consumers, businesses, manufacturing, and marketing practices.1.

Agenda:

1. Bell Ringer (15 min)

2. Brainpop: Great Depression / Complete 'Activity' section (10 min)

3. New Deal Checking Your Understanding Quiz (15 min)

Home Learning: Worksheet: FDR Brings a New Deal / Critics Attack FDR Policies

WWI Study Guide:

1. Remember to bring your "The Great Depression, 1929-1940" packet because you will be able to use page 218 as a source. 

2. Look up the "Bank Holiday of 1933" -> has to do with FDR closing all banks. 

3. Know the purpose of the "Wagner Act" or "National Labor Relations Act" (they're the same thing) -> on google or on your packet page 218.

4. Analyze the following political cartoon, it will be on the test tomorrow:

Based on this cartoon, economic recovery would require

         (1) fewer regulations by the federal government

         (2) increased taxes on the working class

         (3) more money in the hands of lower-income families

         (4) protective tariffs on foreign goods

5. Read the following poem and answer the questions below the poem. The poem and the questions will be on the test. 

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

They used to tell me I was building a dream

And so I followed the mob.

When there was earth to plow or guns to bear,

I was always there, right on the job.

They used to tell me I was building a dream

With peace and glory ahead —

Why should I be standing in line, just waiting for bread?

Once I built a railroad, I made it run,

Made it race against time.

Once I built a railroad, now it’s done —

Brother, can you spare a dime? . . .

Once in khaki suits, gee, we looked swell

Full of that Yankee Doodle-de-dum.

Half a million boots went slogging through hell,

And I was the kid with the drum. . . .

—    E. Y. Harburg and J. Gorney, 1932

1.    Which statement most accurately expresses the main idea of this song?

         (1) Railroad workers were often overpaid.

         (2) The average wage in 1930 was 10 cents an hour.

         (3) Soldiers never have difficulty finding jobs when they return from war.

         (4) Hard times threaten economic opportunity.

2.    Which program was created to deal with the problem identified in this song?

         (1) Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)

         (2) Works Progress Administration (WPA)

         (3) Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

         (4) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)