THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17TH
Bell Work: Please turn in your Chapter 23 Guided Reading
worksheet and find two other partners to work with. Your group
will need to pick up a stack of flashcards from the front of the room.
Organize the stack of vocab terms into analytical groups featuring a
common theme. You must use all of the cards, each group must
have at least 2 cards, and you must have at least 3 groups. Be
prepared to explain your groupings.
DAILY AGENDA: THURSDAY, OCT. 17TH
• Bell Work: Vocab Sorting
Essential Question:
• Word of the Day  solemn
How has an active government
specifically helped its citizens in the
past? Should there be limitations on
how liberal the government should
be? If so, outline the boundaries.
• Clicker Benchmark Test
• Great Depression Review
• Postermaking: New Deal
Alphabet Soup
• Unit Extension Activities
• Summarizer
Homework: Read Chapter 24
and complete Study Questions for
Chapter 24 (due Monday)
SOLEMN- NOT CHEERFUL OR SMILING; SERIOUS; GLOOMY
PRONUNCIATION FOR WORD
Which is the odd word out? Why?
a. elated
c. grave
b. Somber
d. gloomy
Odd Word Out
Oct. 17, Block 2
SOLEMN- NOT CHEERFUL OR SMILING; SERIOUS; GLOOMY
PRONUNCIATION FOR WORD
Which is the odd word out? Why?
a. elated
c. grave
b. Somber
d. gloomy
(Antonym)
Odd Word Out
Oct. 17, Block 2
SOLEMN- NOT CHEERFUL OR SMILING; SERIOUS; GLOOMY
PRONUNCIATION FOR WORD
• If you’ve ever attended a funeral, you were probably struck by
how quiet, earnest, and solemn the mood was. You can use the
word solemn to describe anything that's really serious and
dignified.
• Describe a time when you have experienced a situation in which
the mood was solemn.
Have You Ever...?
Oct. 17, Block 4
WHICH IS NOT SOLEMN?
GREAT DEPRESSION REVIEW:
• Who was most to blame for the Great Depression?
• What impact did international trade, debt factors, and U.S. tariff policy
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have on the American economy?
What happened to the banking system early in the Depression? What
role did the Federal Reserve System play?
To what extent was the Depression a global as well as American
episode?
How were the hard times reflected in intellectual art, literature, and
media?
What were Herbert Hoover's first approaches to combating the
Depression? How effective were they?
What impact did the Bonus Army have on Hoover’s popularity?
HOW DID HOOVER AND FDR DIFFER IN THEIR
APPROACHES TO RESPONDING TO THE DEPRESSION?
CLICKER BENCHMARK TEST
Please come grab your assigned clicker and return to your seat
(quickly)
POSTERIZING THE NEW DEAL:
• Each of you will be assigned a New Deal
program/law to investigate further.
• Your task: Create a poster to explain what your
assigned program was, why it was created, and
who it was designed to benefit.
• Your poster must include the acronym (largely
featured), the full name of the program, a
prominent image representing the program, a
slogan identifying what it did, and a explanation
of who it will help.
• Note: If you prefer, you may complete a Glog on
Glogster or a brief Animoto video featuring these
same required points instead of just a paper
poster.
ASSIGNED PROGRAMS:
1. AAA –
10. PWA –
2. CCC –
11. REA –
3. CWA –
12. SSA –
4. FERA –
13. TVA –
5. FHA –
14. WPA –
6. FSA –
15. FDIC -
7. HOLC –
8. NRA –
9. NYA –
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:
• After completing your New Deal Poster, please complete one of
the following activities for the remainder of class:
1. Extra Credit Project (Fakebook page for FDR – See “Handouts
and Assignments page for more details).
2. Review unit vocab using resources on the class wiki.
3. Begin working on Chapter 24 Guided Reading worksheet.
4. Finalize your Great Depression DBQ Essay Outline (you’ll be
writing it in class tomorrow).
HOMEWORK:
Begin reading Chapter 24 and complete the Study Questions
listed on the “Handouts and Assignments” page of the class
wiki (due Monday).