turn your radio on what tv programs and movies have you watched recently? what songs do you listen...

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


*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?


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


● 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.

● DOK: 2-3; LT: I can categorize FDRs fireside chats. S. 1

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


Turn your radio on!

*questions on strips, divide in group, answer and be ready to share with allPresent!


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


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


scores

35-40: very confident30-35: somewhat confident

26-30: neutral (did not affect attitude of listener)20-25: lack of confidence


summarizeuse your graphic organizer to review and summarize

*then write a blog-trade-assess the one you receive


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