The Great Depression and the
Americas (1929 – 39)
Objective 3.3: Explore life during the Depression and the
efforts made to restore prosperity in the USA and elsewhere
Warm-Up: The Great Depression
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If someone says it better, let them say it… CRASH
COURSE #33
 While watching, complete the fill-in notes!
Group Work: The Face of the Great
Depression (pgs. 309 – 315)
Read your assigned section 1. to 4.
Think about and discuss the following questions…
1.
2.
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3.
What was the main purpose behind the assigned section?
How was this section’s segment(s) of the population
affected by the Great Depression?
Answer the questions at the end of your assigned
section’s introductory paragraph
Cesar Chavez Gets Tractored off the Land
(1936)
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How did Cesar Chavez assess the Depression’s impact on
his father and the rest of his family?
In what ways, might the experience of the Depression
have contributed to his later commitment to organizing
the farmworkers?
A Salesman Goes on Relief (1930s)
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What was the most difficult part of Ben Isaacs
experience?
What does he think about the surge of post-World War
II prosperity?
A Boy in Chicago Writes to President
Roosevelt (1936)
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What does the boy think is the Depression’s worst
impact on his family?
Hard Times in a North Carolina Cotton
Mill (1938 – 1939)
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How did Sam T. Mayhew survive?
What is his attitude toward welfare?
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Study the given charts
Use the information provided to
answer the questions that follow
on a separate piece of loose-leaf
paper
Be prepared to discuss your
responses
Statistical Analysis:
The Dust Bowl
Mapping: The Dust Bowl
The Grapes of Wrath
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How does The Grapes of Wrath show the effects of the
Great Depression on the “Okies”?
Warm-Up: Partner Review—Only Yesterday (XIV.
Aftermath – 1930-1931) by Frederick Lewis Allen
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What previous knowledge was
confirmed in the text?
What new knowledge was put forth in
the text?
What surprised you about the text?
What confused you about the text?
The Century: America’s Time
Stormy Weather (1929 - 1936)
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While watching consider the given guiding questions
(treat them as notes) and the following BIG
QUESTION…
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What challenges are presented to the different segments of
society during the “Great Depression”?
Document Analysis:
Letters to the White House
Letter #1
Letter #2
Finding the Main Idea
 What is the major point
of the letter?
Finding the Main Idea
 What is the major point
of the letter?
What does W.H.H. think is
the cause of unrest in the
country?
Why did J.B. think the radio
program was a mistake?
On Public Versus Private Power
I.
a.
b.
Hoover Upholds Free Enterprise (1932)
Roosevelt Pushes Public Power (1932
On Government in Business
II.
a.
b.
Hoover Assails Federal Intervention (1932)
Roosevelt Attacks Business in Government
(1932)
On Balancing the Budget
III.
a.
b.
Hoover Stresses Economy (1932)
Roosevelt Stresses Humanity (1932)
On Restricted Opportunity
IV.
a.
b.
Roosevelt Urges Welfare Statism (1932)
Hoover Calls for New Frontiers (1932)
Herbert Hoover
Clashes with Franklin
Roosevelt
For your
assigned
section give a
summary as
to the
perspective of
the author
(pull direct
quotes that
support your
summation)
Quickwrite
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Respond to the following prompt…
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No other man in the United States had a higher reputation
than Hoover in the 1920s, and none rated lower in public
esteem in the early 1930s. Was this a reversal of public opinion
justified? Should Hoover be admired for the consistency of his
beliefs, even under severe criticism?