Group 4: The Great Depression
Group 4,
Your job is to become an expert on the Great Depression. Click on the links below to learn about how the Great Depression defined society and the economy during this time period. When you are finished, answer the questions provided to you. Be sure to read carefully because you will be teaching your classmates everything you know about the Great Depression.
Links:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/dustbowl-great-depression/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/rails-timeline/
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090308-NEWS-903080344
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/05/faces-of-the-great-depression_n_1943543.html#slide=1608620
Questions:
1. What is "Black Tuesday" and why does it mark the beginning of the Great Depression?
2. Why did many people blame President Hoover for the Great Depression?
3. What changes did President Roosevelt make once in office? What was the New Deal and how did it affect American citizens?
4. According to "Survivors of the Great Depression", what were some ways in which Americans tried to deal or cope with the Depression? What do these survivors think about today's recession?
5. What event is believed to have ended the Great Depression and jump-started the U.S. industry and economy?
6. How do the pictures in "Faces of the Great Depression" help depict what life was like during the Great Depression?
7. Given what you have learned about the Great Depression, make a prediction about what you think the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird will look like? What will the town and its citizens look like? How will the characters act towards one another? How will Scout's classmates act towards her knowing that her father is a lawyer?
Your job is to become an expert on the Great Depression. Click on the links below to learn about how the Great Depression defined society and the economy during this time period. When you are finished, answer the questions provided to you. Be sure to read carefully because you will be teaching your classmates everything you know about the Great Depression.
Links:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/dustbowl-great-depression/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/rails-timeline/
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090308-NEWS-903080344
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/05/faces-of-the-great-depression_n_1943543.html#slide=1608620
Questions:
1. What is "Black Tuesday" and why does it mark the beginning of the Great Depression?
2. Why did many people blame President Hoover for the Great Depression?
3. What changes did President Roosevelt make once in office? What was the New Deal and how did it affect American citizens?
4. According to "Survivors of the Great Depression", what were some ways in which Americans tried to deal or cope with the Depression? What do these survivors think about today's recession?
5. What event is believed to have ended the Great Depression and jump-started the U.S. industry and economy?
6. How do the pictures in "Faces of the Great Depression" help depict what life was like during the Great Depression?
7. Given what you have learned about the Great Depression, make a prediction about what you think the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird will look like? What will the town and its citizens look like? How will the characters act towards one another? How will Scout's classmates act towards her knowing that her father is a lawyer?