THE GREAT DEPRESSION

FEBRUARY 18 & 19, 2015

WWI & 1920’S UNIT REVIEW• Objective:• Students will be able to

analyze key terms and vocabulary on the Great Depression.

• Purpose:• To be introduced to the unit

and study key terms.

• Standard(s):

• Historical Thinking Skill:• Analysis.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: SEMESTER 2 DISCIPLINE PLAN & PROCEDURES Use of cellphone / mp3 device:• I will grant the use of the cellphone or mp3

device during SPECIFIC segments of the lesson.

• 1. Warm-up: No!• 2. Activity: Foldable’s, in-class work: YES!• 3. Lecture Notes, Video Notes, Picture

Analysis & Discussion: No!• 4. Assessment / Assignment (depends):

YES!• 5. Closure/Exit Slip: No!

• Failure to comply with rules or directions WILL result in disciplinary actions.

Classroom Behavior & Participation Update:• I will both REWARD and PUNISH Classroom

Behavior & Participation with points.• I will REWARD based on participation,

raising hand, discussion, answering questions, and good behavior.

• I will PUNISH based on classroom disruption, insubordination, off-task behavior, not following rules / procedures, etc.

www.Remind.com will be used this semester as a tool to allow me to remind YOU when assignments may be due, upcoming tests, and other general things of importance to the class and YOUR education.

• This will be a required assignment.

Use of Notebooks:• Notebooks will be assigned to

each and every student and will be color coded based on classroom period.

• Notebooks will be retrieved prior to the warm-up and returned after the closure.

• Notebooks DO NOT need to be taken home. They can stay in the classroom.

Late Policy:• Late assignments will result in ½

off after the due date.

WARM-UP: CNN STUDENT NEWS

• Receive Notebook and write NAME & CLASS PERIOD # on the front (if possible) and back.

• Write down facts as you watch the video.

• 1 point = 1 correctly written fact.

• I need to see at least (a minimum of) 5 facts.• More facts may earn additional extra-credit points.

• What I want to see:

• Ex. The President was in Europe on Thursday.

• Give a thing, a place, and a time.

LECTURE – CAUSES TO GREAT DEPRESSION

• 1. The Stock Market Crash of 1929.• Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929.• Stock Market lost all gains of entire year.

• 2. Bank Failures.• Throughout the 1930’s 9,000 banks

failed.• Bank deposits were uninsured and as

banks failed people simply lost their savings.

• Surviving banks unwilling to create new loans.

• 3. Reduction in Purchasing Across the Board.• After the stock market crash,

individuals from all classes stopped buying items.

• Led to reduction in the number of items made and thus a reduction in workforce.

• People lost their jobs and unable to keep up with paying for items bought with installment plans.

• 4. American Economic Policy with Europe.• Businesses gradually began

to fail. Govt. passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff in 1930 to protect American companies.

• Charged high tax for imports leading to less trade between American and foreign countries.

• 5. Drought Conditions.• Not a direct cause of the

G.D. Massive drought occurred in the Mississippi Valley in 1930.

• Many could not pay their taxes or other debts and had to sell their farms for no profit to themselves.

• The area of the drought nicknamed: “The Dust Bowl.”

- 1. Receive Personal Dictionary slip.

2. Begin work on Dictionary in your NOTEBOOK.

3. WORK IS TO BE COMPLETED TODAY IN CLASS !!!

4. WORK IS TO BE SHOWN TO TEACHER TO RECEIVE CREDIT !!!

5. YOU WILL HAVE THE ENTIRE CLASS PERIOD TO WORK ON THE DICTIONARY.

6. Be prepared to have your notebooks checked during work.

7. KEY:1. Each definition should be 1-3 sentences

long2. Must be written AND include a small

drawing.

ASSESSMENT: CH. 21 & 22 P.D.

- 1. Receive Personal Dictionary slip.

2. Begin work on Dictionary in your NOTEBOOK.

3. WORK IS TO BE COMPLETED TODAY IN CLASS !!!

4. WORK IS TO BE SHOWN TO TEACHER TO RECEIVE CREDIT !!!

5. YOU WILL HAVE THE ENTIRE CLASS PERIOD TO WORK ON THE DICTIONARY.

6. Be prepared to have your notebooks checked during work.

7. KEY:1. Each definition should be 1-3 sentences

long2. Must be written AND include a small

drawing.

VIDEO: THE STOCK MARKET CRASH

CLOSURE: EXIT SLIP

• If you were teaching this to a friend, how would you present it?

• Answer in 2-3 sentences.

POST-LESSON ANNOUNCEMENTS:EXTRA CREDIT & HOMEWORK

1. Receive TEN (10) Extra Credit points if you bring in ONE (1) unopened box of Tissue Paper.

• Only ONE (1) Per Quarter Per Student.

• Must be Unopened & Unused.

• Homework:• WWI & 1920’s Study Guide