Bellwork 1. Which of the following statements BEST describes what happened on Black Tuesday? A. Stock prices fell and the stock market crashed. B. Bank runs forced many banks to close their doors. C. Federal troops attacked the Bonus Army marchers. D. The Supreme Court ruled that the NRA was unconstitutional. 2. Which of the following is NOT considered a cause of the Great Depression? A. overproduction B. stock speculation C. under consumption D. foreign competition 3. What was the main contributor to many banks failing between 1930 and 1933? A. People often did not take out loans because of the high interest rates. B. People were no longer interested in using credit to purchase goods. C. People lost trust in the banks and many tried to withdraw their money. D. People usually purchased goods instead of saving money in a bank.

» What caused the stock market crash?

» Why did businesses fail?

» What caused the Dust Bowl and how did it impact the economy?

Overproduction + underconsumption = more supply than

demand. Prices drop. Companies lose profits and fire workers.

Rich people have everything they want and poor people can’t take out any more loans/credit

Companies have to lower prices or stop producing so much

So they don’t need as many workers – the poor get fired – and get poorer

What caused the dust bowl and how did it

impact the economy?

Standards

D.1.f - Explain the economic, environmental, and social impact of the Great Depression on American society

Learning Targets

» I can describe how the Great Depression impacted families in different regions of the U.S.

» I can explain the strategies used to cope with the Great Depression.

» Hooverville: shanty-towns built by homeless people, named after Herbert Hoover (President blamed for Great Depression).

» Soup Kitchens: serve free meals to the needy

» Breadlines: a line of needy people waiting for handouts of free food » The Grapes of Wrath: a novel that won acclaim for its description of the

experience of Dust Bowl migrants

» Black Blizzard: a severe dust storm

» Great Flood of 1936: devastating flooding in New England that resulted from a series of record-breaking storms

» Public Assistance: aid, in the form of money, goods, or services, that a government provides to those in need

Listen to the song, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” Write on the back of today’s handout

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovndTa7hQDE

1. Is the song’s tempo fast or slow? How does the tempo make you feel?

2. What did the singer do before the Great Depression? What is he doing now?

3. In what ways do the photographs reflect what you hear and feel when listening to the song?

4. Thinking about the song and photographs. In what ways do you think people might have endured the hardships of the Depression?

You will create a scrapbook about the Great Depression based on accounts by ordinary Americans…

Step 1 – Build Your Scrapbook Divide your paper into 3 segments (front and back). You’ll only get to use 6 of the pictures for your scrapbook, but don’t cut/paste them until you get to each table and know which photos to use.

Step 2 - Add the following to your scrapbook at EACH station. You’ll visit 6 of the 8. • state featured • One sentence to summarize facts. • A thought bubble that describes the

hardships faced. • A quotation from the primary source.

(President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s wife). Your letter must have the following: • An appropriate date, salutation, and

closing. • Information on the hardships people

faced during the Depression and the ways in which they endured those hardships.

• Your thoughts about how ordinary Americans endured the hardships they faced during this time period.

• A conclusion summarizing what the U.S. government could/should do about the situation.

Assessment – Write a Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt

Mrs. Roosevelt The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W. Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt