The Great Depression Webquest 09-10 PDF

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the document gives details and explanations about the great depression and how it affected the economy in early America....

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The Great Depression Webquest An Internet WebQuest on Great Depression Introduction There are many different ways to analyze the Great Depression. In this WebQuest you will use four different analytical perspectives: social, cultural, political, and economic. This will broaden your knowledge of this historical event, which affected millions of people. The Process and Resources In this WebQuest, you will explore four analytical perspectives of the Great Depression: social, political, economical, and cultural. You will familiarize yourself with the topic by using the links provided under each category. Follow these steps to get the most out of the Quest: 1. Skim Chapter 8, familiarize yourself with the general information in these sections. This will provide an overview of the Great Depression, before you begin studying various perspectives. Visit the timeline links to see the “big picture”. 2. Complete each graphic organizer that corresponds with its perspective using the links provided. Be sure to provide support (specific information) from the links on your graphic organizers. 3. Choose your assessment format and become the expert! Background Use the following links to learn about the background or “big picture” of the Great Depression. Before you begin your work, you should visit the following websites. This will introduce you to the different perspectives. Look at the timelines to get a sense of important events and presidential administrations preceding the crisis. Choose 8 events between 1929 and 1932 and 8 events between 1933 and 1941. Print/Create 2 timeline graphic organizers. Use the websites and your textbook. * Chronology of the New Deal * Timeline of The Great Depression * The Great Depression to WWII Great Depression Perspectives Visit the links for each perspective and fill in the corresponding graphic organizer. Economic Questions 1. List the economic causes of the Great Depression? 2. What was the major economic cause of the Great Depression? 3. Did all economic reforms help the Great Depression? * Economic Causes of the Great Depression * Did the New Deal Prolong the Depression? * Why did the Stock Market Crash?

Social Questions 1. What was the social atmosphere during the Great Depression? 2. How were children affected by the Depression? 3. How were the farmers affected by the Depression and the devastating dustbowls? 4. How were ethnic/racial groups affected by the Depression? 5. How did different social classes cope with the effects of the Depression? * Was the Great Depression felt by all Americans? * Labor Unions During The Great Depression * Living Farm History * Race Relations in the 1930s * American Reactions to the Great Depression * Riding the Rails * Letters to Mrs. Roosevelt Political Questions 1. Compare and contrast Hoover and FDR’s responses to the Great Depression using WORDLE – www.wordle.net 2. Which programs of the New Deal were the most successful? 3. Was the New Deal a success or failure? * FDR's Fireside Chats * Successes and Failures of the New Deal * Herbert Hoover's Speeches * Listen to FDR’s Speeches * WORDLE Cultural Questions 1. What was the purpose of implementing Arts during the Depression? 2. What did the radio and newspaper explain about the era? 3. Did entertainment serve the same purpose and remain a prominent part of American culture in the 1930s as it did in the 1920s? * Film during the 1930s * The 1930s in Print * Art and Entertainment during the 1930s * Radio during the 1930s * The Great Depression and the Arts ***LIBRARY ACTIVITY*** Pick two audio recordings to listen to while in the library. Be sure that you can answer the following questions about each audio recording. Use your graphic organizer to fill in the details. 1. What perspective does this audio recording detail? 2. How do you know? 3. What clues does it provide about the Great Depression from that point of view? *Studs Terkel- Recordings from Hard Times

Step 2- Conclusions Now you can see that there are many ways to approach studying the Great Depression. It's useful to gain different perspectives for understanding a topic as broad or complex as the Great Depression: when you only know part of the picture, you only know part of the picture. Now you know a little more about the ways the Great Depression affected people in the United States. Look over your graphic organizers; can you answer all the questions in each section with the information you gathered? For your assessment on this chapter you will have two choices: 1. Take a standard test on the material covered 2. Choose a perspective and write a narrative that describes the affects of the Great Depression within that unique view. Describe who, what, when, where, why, how of this era as it relates to that perspective. a. Typed, double spaced, 12 font, 1” margins, 2 pages b. Spellchecked, proof read, exhibits flow and continuity...