Using PowerPoint in Your Lessons

A sample for a lesson on the Great DepressionFor STEPS 1 & 2 of the AHPPA

By the Fred Fisher

Aim: The “Great Depression”

A Major Social Problem in American History

The Great Depression of the 1930’s

Have you ever been

Depressed

?How did you feel?

What Is Depression?

• Is it just sadness?

• Is it an illness?

• Is it common?

What Causes Depression in People?

• Loss of Friends• Death• Illness• Loss of income- job • Missed opportunities• A feeling of a loss of control over one’s future

Which of these do you think is the most important?

A Definition of Depression

Write your own definition of the word “depression”

ECONOMIC DEPRESSION

• Economics. A period of drastic decline in a national or international economy, characterized by decreasing business activity, falling prices, and unemployment

Depression

How does this definition compare to you definition of

“depression?”

THE NINETEEN THIRTIES IN AMERICA

Group responsibilities– Slide Recorder– 2 Slide Evaluators– PPA worksheet recorder

VIEWING WORKSHEET

• SLIDE # EVIDENCE• 1• 2• 3• 4• 5• ETC

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STATISITCS

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GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT

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ARKANSAS 1936

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LITHOGRAPH FROM THE DEWITT CLINTON H.S. LITERARY MAGAZINE 1938

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Let’s sing along: “Brother Can You Spare A Dime”

SLIDE # 11

List Evidence for The Great Depression in songs

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Lyrics

TeacherTube Video vp

Gather Evidence for the PROBLEMS in the GREAT DEPRESSION from this website

Slide # 12

http://www.studsterkel.org/htimes.php

http://204.244.141.13/writ_den/h15/direct.htm

Slide # 13

Look at Images of the Great Depression at the hyperlink below

When you open it, click on “words” and gather evidence of the era

GATHERING THE EVIDENCE Of Causes Of The Great Depression

Search Through The Images On The Website Below.

Write down evidence that you glean from the images shown

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm

Slide # 14

1: Identify a social problem of the Great Depression

2: List evidence for the Great Depression using

“Viewing Worksheets”

LINKS

DEFINE THE SOCIAL PROBLEM

GATHER EVIDENCE FOR THE SOCIAL PROBLEM

THE SUMMARY

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT # 1

TEACHER SUGGESTIONS

Homework Assignment # 2

• Your task is to develop a Public Policy using the CRITICAL WORKSHEET that the government could follow to reduce effects of the depression on Americans in the future.

• THERE WILL BE ANOTHER !

Follow-up Lesson

• Class debate on policies developed by students• Students debate the order of importance for

causes of the Depression• PowerPoint of New Deal programs and

policies- students make comparisons to their policies

• Use AHPPA to evaluate the New Deal Programs

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