Today’s Walking Classroom podcast looks at the Great Depression and the impact it had on our country. The Great Depression started after the stock market collapse in 1929, which set off several years of economic hardship and left many people with no money and no job. The New Deal was a program that was started in an effort to get people back to work.
Character Value: Optimism
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Common Core
L–Language | SL–Speaking and Listening | RI–Reading: Informational | RL–Reading: Literature | W–Writing | RH–6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies | RST–6-8 Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects Elementary School:RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, SL.3.1, SL.3.4
RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, SL.4.1, SL.4.4
RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3, SL.5.1, SL.5.4
Middle School:
RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.4
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, SL.7.1, SL.7.4
RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, SL.8.1, SL.8.4
RH.6-8.4
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Quiz: (Make sure you're already logged into your Gmail account, then click to copy this Google form to your Google Drive. Quiz keys are here.)
The Great Depression Google Quiz
Slide Deck:
The Great Depression Slide Deck
Features clip from Modern Times, released in 1936, reflecting culture and life for the average American just after the Great Depression.
Shares video about the Great Depression narrated by fifth graders.
Test your knowledge of The Great Depression with this online quiz from Soft Schools.
Investigate a dozen primary sources to find evidence to support your claim of why the Great Depression happened with this teacher-created lesson plan.
Analyze quotes from President FDR and learn more about the Great Depression with this worksheet from Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
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