Content Area
Standard
ERA
Grade Level
Content Statement
9. The Great Depression
and World War II: The
Great Depression
Social Studies
6.1 U.S. History: America in the World All students will acquire the knowledge and skills to think
analytically about how past and present interactions of people, cultures, and the environment shape the
American heritage. Such knowledge and skills enable students to make informed decisions that reflect
fundamental rights and core democratic values as productive citizens in local, national, and global
communities.
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
By the end of grade 12
Strand
CPI#
Cumulative Progress Indicator
ACSSSD
(CPI)
Objectives
A. Civics, Government,
and Human Rights
The Great Depression resulted
from government economic
policies, business practices,
and individual decisions, and B. Geography, People,
it impacted business and
and the Environment
society.
C. Economics,
Innovation, and
Technology
6.1.12.A.9.a
6.1.12.B.9.a
6.1.12.C.9.a
Analyze how the actions and policies a. Participate in classroom
of the United States government
discussions/lessons
contributed to the Great Depression.
regarding the Great
Depression.
b. Identify the major actions
and policies that outline
the Great Depression.
Determine how agricultural
a. Participate in classroom
practices, overproduction, and the
lessons/discussions that
Dust Bowl intensified the worsening
describe the agricultural
economic situation during the Great
practices, overproduction,
Depression.
and the Dust Bowl of the
Great Depression.
b. Identify the main
characteristics of the
agricultural practices,
overproduction, and the
Dust Bowl of the Great
Depression.
Explain how government can adjust a. Participate in classroom
taxes, interest rates, and spending
lessons/discussions that
and use other policies to restore the
discuss the government’s
country’s economic health.
impact on taxes, interest
rates, and spending.
b. Define taxes, interest rates,
and spending.
c. Discuss relationships
between taxes, interest
rates, and spending
6.1.12.C.9.b
Explain how economic indicators
(i.e., gross domestic product, the
consumer index, the national debt,
and the trade deficit) are used to
evaluate the health of the economy.
6.1.12.C.9.c
Explain the interdependence of
various parts of a market economy
(i.e., private enterprise, government
programs, and the Federal Reserve
System.
6.1.12.C.9.d
Compare and contrast the causes and
outcomes of the stock market crash
in 1929 and other periods of
economic instability.
a. Participate in classroom
discussions and lessons
that simplify the concepts
of gross domestic product,
consumer index, national
debt, and the trade deficit.
b. Define gross domestic
product, consumer index,
the national debt, and the
trade deficit.
c. Discuss relationships
between gross domestic
product, consumer index,
the national debt, and the
trade deficit.
a. Participate in classroom
discussions and lessons
that define the main
components of the market
economy.
b. Define market economy
and its main components.
c. Identify relationships
between the main
components of the market
economy.
a. Participate in classroom
discussions and lessons
that retell the most
significant aspects of the
stock market crash of
1929.
b. Discuss the stock market
crash of 1929 and identify
causal factors.
c. Discuss the stock market
crash of 1929 and identify
outcomes.
D. History, Culture, and
Perspectives
6.1.12.D.9.a
Explore the global context of the
Great Depression and the reasons for
the worldwide economic collapse.
6.1.12.D.9.b
Analyze the impact of the Great
Depression on the American family,
migratory groups, and ethnic and
racial minorities.
a. Participate in classroom
discussions and lessons
the outline the main
components of the Great
Depression.
b. Outline the main factors of
the Great Depression.
c. Describe the main factors
of the Great
a. Participate in classroom
discussions and lessons
that outline the Great
Depression and its effects
on citizens of various
ethnicities.