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Turn your Radio ONWhat TV programs and movies have you watched recently? What songs do you listen to? Imagine that you live in a time before the invention of the TV, itunes
and computers. Time travel is free today.*How would your life be different?
*What would be a likely substitute for entertainment, such as itunes and TV?*What would be a likely substitute for receiving news and information?
DOK: 2-3; LT: I can categorize FDRs fireside chats. S. 1
*the radio was invented in the late 1800s and radio broadcasting began on a large scale in the 1920s*broadcast of the 1920 presidential election results is generally considered the beginning of the professional broadcasting*golden age of broadcasting began around 1925 and in 1926 the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) made plans for radios to be in 26 million American homes*families gathered in the evening to listen to music, comedies and dramas*entertainment and connected people with the world through newscasts
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*FDR became president in 1933 at the most severe point of the Great Depression. *Financial despair*Banks were failing*at least one-fourth of the labor force was unemployed*families were losing their homes and many were going hungry.What did Roosevelt promise?What was his famous quote?
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Fireside Chats ** add a picture of a fireside
*FDR needed to restore confidence in the US economy.*the radio was his tool through direct communication*FDR began a series of evening radio talks*”Man of the Hour”- draw conclusions
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● Get a card● there are three problems addressed in the handouts● read your half-sheets and go to your area of the classroom where the topic that
your information indicates● form one group per label● Each of you should discuss and explain the information on your handout to the
group by identifying the information as a data table or an excerpt from a fireside chat, by reading the excerpt aloud, summarizing the data and explaining how the info relates to the problem.
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Key Words and Concepts*discuss ways in which any of the concepts on Handout 5.2 are relevant to your groups’ problems, data and fireside chat excerpt.*Clarify the terms on the hand out/take notes on your handout for use later:-Balanced budget: federal government’s expenditures on programs equal the amount of tax revenue collected. President Roosevelt often addressed the act that the government was spending more than the revenue it was collecting*When the government spends more than it collects it is in a “deficit”, if it borrows to pay deficit it has added to the national debt.*FDR: yes, national debt but increased national income and long-term benefits to the economy: roads, bridges, dams, schools…-Personal income: wages and salaries, rental income, profit, interest-Real Gross Domestic Product: the market value of all final goods and services produced in an economy in a given year adjusted for inflation-money stock: available in economy: coins, currency, checking deposits-unemployment: people 16 years of age and more without jobs and seeking-unemployment rate: percentage of labor force willing and able to work, no job and seeking
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Turn your radio on!
*questions on strips, divide in group, answer and be ready to share with allPresent!
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Consumer Confidence what is it?
*related to how consumers feel about the economy and is an indication of spending and saving decisions.
-Why is it important?*influence behavior today…-economy weak, jobs not secure, then________________________*the Conference Board, an independent economic research firm issues a montly surbey that is based on a representative sample of 5,000 U.S. households*gives measure of optismism about curent economic conditions through consumers’ spending behavior*also University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment INdex*economists are trying to understand and project ho people’s attitudes about the health of the economy will influence their spending, saving and borrowing behaviorsDOK: 2-3; LT: I can categorize FDRs fireside chats. S. 1
fireside chat: your turn
*each group is responsible for creating its own “fireside chat” based on these questions. *each group will make a __________________ of your message*2-3 minutes long*played to class*identify economic concept or problem that existed during the Great Depression*define or explain that problem or concept to the public*propose a solution in a manner that encourages citizens to support that plan and builds confidence in the economy*how would hearing your chat have affected you as a listener (or how are you TRYING to affect your listener?)
-presentations and audience Graphic Organizer
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Consumer Confidence Survey
*this modified and simplified survey can measure the effectiveness of the fireside-chat recordings based on the limited information provided by the groups*complete the survey by assuming the role of a U.S. citizen during the Great Depression-consider the problems of the Great Depression- register your reaction to the presentations combined*tabulate the results of your survey by following the instructions at the bottom of the survey sheet
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scores
35-40: very confident30-35: somewhat confident
26-30: neutral (did not affect attitude of listener)20-25: lack of confidence
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summarizeuse your graphic organizer to review and summarize
*then write a blog-trade-assess the one you receive
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