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Find and summarize primary sources related to the Dust Bowl, unemployment, bread lines, fireside chats, and the new deal, being able to examine their historical significance.

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Identify three political and social events leading up to the Great Depression in the United States and abroad, and differentiate between economic and social policies pursued by the US government before and after the New Deal.

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Construct an argument as to whether or not (and if it did, how much) the New Deal helped bring the United States out of the Great Depression - compared to the onset of World War II.

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Organize their ideas on the causes of the Great Depression, and determine and articulate what events/policies helped the most in-terms of bringing the United States out of the Depression.

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After lecture, students will (on their own or in groups, with help of a textbook) list three of the events that occurred shortly before the Great Depression (ex. WW1, the formation of the League of Nations, America's retreat into isolationism), and explain why or why not these events played a role in the Great Depression.

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For the week project, students will either write an essay or make a video or podcast that evaluates the question of what caused the Great Depression to end. Students will be asked to detail possible factors and explain what they think about those factors' impact on the Depression.

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This will simply be the teacher grading the aforementioned assignments, assessing these through the lens of both comprehension of the causes of the Great Depression, and of societal factors during the era.

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Recall what they learned about World War 1 in the prior lessons, hypothesize what the general feeling may have been in the US after the war, and identify some of the potential causes of the Great Depression (as a presupposition).

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Students will go around the room, looking at various sources provided by the teacher that detail some aspect of the Great Depression, from the Dust Bowl, to how unemployment affected personal lives, to the election of Franklin Roosevelt. They will then summarize what they learned in group discussion, before each group presents the most important or interesting thing they learned to the class.

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Students will split into groups to discuss what the general feeling may have been in the US after WW1, before returning to individually write on an index card some possible things that could've caused the Great Depression. Students that want to can also present their ideas.