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Essential Questions:
How were the lives of ordinary Americans affected as they learned how to make do or do without?
What are the causes and effects of the Great Depression?
How did the decade of the 1920s set the stage for the Great Depression?
How did people struggle in their everyday lives during the depression?
How did the New Deal programs succeed and fail?
How is history interpreted to relate the past to the present?
How do the concepts of family, education, leisure, government, economics, religion, and communication define a culture?
History Standards: 8.1 A, B, C,D 8.2.12 A,B,C,D 8.3.12 A, B,C,D
Reading Standards: 1.15 A, G 1.2 A 1.3 A,F 1.6 A,B,D,E
“You are an amazing person who knows some really interesting stories about our nation’s history! You made us think about how courageous and brave these men and women were in our nation’s history. Your presentation as a whole was fantastic, and I really appreciate you coming here to tell and show our class some astounding artifacts.”
Laura B.