Genevieve Shurack-MEDT 7465 Curation by Shurack, Genevieve D https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0 SS8H8: Analyze Georgia’s participation in important events that occurred from World War I through the Great Depression. b. Explain economic factors that resulted in the Great Depression. (e.g., boll weevil and drought). en-us 2020-08-12 17:40:45 UTC 2025-05-15 15:34:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f603.png Voices Across Time-Boll Weevil Song shurack https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2045059679 This website provides information on how Boll Weevils affected crops in the South and Black Sharecroppers.  The Boll Weevil Song became a "metaphor for the resilience of the workers in the face of exploitation and racism." 

How to use this lesson:  Have the students read the passage and listen to the song.  Lyrics are available on the website.  Ask students all or some of the discussion questions. 


]]> 2022-02-13 23:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2045059679 New Georgia Encyclopedia-Great Depression shurack https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2046685904 Use these resources to help students learn about the Great Depression, specifically how it impacted Georgia's Economy. 

How to use this resource:
This resource can provide a deeper understanding of the content for students.  This can be used in addition to teacher notes for a project or further clarity.]]> 2022-02-14 16:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2046685904 U.S. National Archives-Stories of the Great Depression shurack https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2046731768 This is a 30-minute video interviewing people who lived or had parents who lived through the Great Depression. 

It would be a great supplement to show students real stories of resilience throughout the period.  I would not show the whole thing, but rather clips.

Recommended Guiding Questions for the first 10 minutes
(ask the students to cite examples): 
1. What was life like for people during the depression?
2. What kind of jobs did people have to make ends meet?
3. How did the New Deal impact those living in poverty?
4. What was the WPA and how did it help families?]]> 2022-02-14 17:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2046731768 Georgia Historical Society shurack https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2046847654 The Georgia Historical Society put together primary sources for SS8H8. A teacher guide is provided with the primary source set. The teacher's guide just explains the resources.

How to use this: 
This would be a great addition to a lesson. They show the spread of Boll Weevil in the southern US, images of  Governor Talmadge, newspapers from 1918, and various embodiments of the Works Progress Administration projects in Georgia. You could have students analyze the images using the Library of Congress Primary source document.]]> 2022-02-14 17:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2046847654 Library of Congress--Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia shurack https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2046859327 This resource is from the Library of Congress.  It shows a farm boy who has picked boll weevils off of a cotton crop.

How to use this resource:
This would be a great opening to a lesson.  Students can analyze the image using the Library of Congress photo analysis worksheet. Suggestions have students paired up or in groups to answer and then introduce the notes about the Great Depression.

Suggested Questions for the photograph:
  1. What is the title of the photo? (observe section) 
  2. What do you see in the photo? (List all people and objects?) (observe section) 
  3. Who do you think is in the photo? (Reflect) 
  4. What do you think he is holding? (Reflect) 
  5. What does this photo tell us about life in Macon, GA? (Reflect) 
  6. Students can use the “Question Section” to further their photograph analysis. 
]]> 2022-02-14 17:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2046859327 Mr. Betts' New Deal Song (parody) shurack https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2046994576 Mr. Betts' New Deal song goes over the programs President initiated to help list the United States out of the Depression. 

How to use this resource:
This would be a great hook for learning about the New Deal programs.  As students watch, you might want to ask students in Georgia which New Deal Act would help Georgians the most? ]]> 2022-02-14 18:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2046994576 Mr. Betts' Great Depression Song (parody) shurack https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2046995197 Mr. Bett's has a lot of parody songs to help teach Social Studies.  This song goes through the causes of the Great Depression. 

How to use this resource:
If you are using this at the beginning of the unit, I provide a graphic organizer, digital or paper, to help students write down the causes and explanations. Otherwise, this would be a great end of unit closer.]]> 2022-02-14 18:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2046995197 New Georgia Encyclopedia-New Deal shurack https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2047018345 As with the entry on the Great Depression, this resource is an excellent overview of how the New Deal helped get people out of the Depression.  It specifically goes into detail on how the New Deal impacted Georgia.

How to use this resource:
Provide a deeper understanding of the content for students.  It can be used in addition to teacher notes for a project.]]> 2022-02-14 19:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2047018345 Crash Course #34 The New Deal shurack https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2047101513 Like Crash Course #33, Crash Course #34 is an excellent supplemental video that explains the New Deal.  

Again, you may want to watch this with students to stop and explain parts of it or create a graphic organizer for students to fill out as they are watching.]]> 2022-02-14 19:45:30 UTC https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2047101513 Crash Course #33 Great Depression shurack https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2047102655 This source is a great resource to explain the causes of the Great Depression for students.

This is an extra because it is 15 minutes long and sometimes goes too fast and above 8th graders' heads.  

If you are watching it with students, you may want to stop and pause as it goes through information quickly.  Alternatively, you could create a graphic organizer to accompany the video to keep students on task.

]]> 2022-02-14 19:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2047102655 Library of Congress Primary Source Analysis Tool shurack https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2051549406 This graphic organizer can be used with many primary sources. Use this with the Boll Weevil image or the Georgia Historical Society Sources.]]> 2022-02-16 18:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2051549406 Primary Source: Article from The Atlanta Constitution (1881-2001); Jun 21, 1919 shurack https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2051578559 Cotton growers blue, says Brown: Pessimism reigns in south Georgia as result of continuance of rain, boll weevil, and labor shortage. (1919, Jun 21). The Atlanta Constitution (1881-1945) Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/cotton-growers-blue-says-brown/docview/497476770/se-2?accountid=15017

How to use this resource: 
After teaching about the Great Depression in Georgia, Drought, and Boll Weevil, students will read the article and answer questions in the primary source graphic organizer. 

Suggestions:  Students should be in groups.  Either give students part of the article or the entire passage.  Provide definitions of words students might struggle with before reading the article. 
]]> 2022-02-16 18:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2051578559 Primary Source Article Analysis Graphic Organizer shurack https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2051789945 Use this resource while reading the Boll Weevil article.]]> 2022-02-16 20:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/shurack/1bnvzd1kyxm3daq0/wish/2051789945