Kevin W. Powers
Whitesboro High School
kpower@wboro.org
What can the Federal Government do to
help America through the Great Depression?
Is this Depression a
“Social Problem”?
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What can the Federal Government do to
help America through the Great Depression?
Task: You are a new addition to President Franklin
Roosevelt’s “Brain Trust” and are supposed to figure
out a way to get our economy back on track.
Create a list of 5 things that you believe need to be
done immediately to start us on the
“road to recovery”:
(groups of 3-4)
You can use your notes
and any other outside
materials to help with
this task.
What can the Federal Government do to help
America through the Great Depression?
Share & Compare
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What can the Federal Government do to help
America through the Great Depression?
1. What is a Depression?
2. What caused the Great Depression?
3. What happens to people during a Depression?
Let’s gather some evidence to help understand what’s
going on:
Read: What does it mean to Gather Evidence?
Read: How can we determine a Cause?
As part of your evidence gathering, check out the
next series of slides…..
What is it?
WHAT HAPPENED???
What can the Federal Government do to help
America through the Great Depression?
Now, look at your options and create a list of
advantages and disadvantages for each
consideration
Option # ___
Advantages
vs.
Disadvantages
Use your notebook to complete this
President Roosevelt…
We think you should…
Based on your list of options along with a
thorough examination of the data, evidence,
etc. your group is recommending that President
Roosevelt take which 2 steps immediately…
1. _____________________________________
2. _____________________________________
Did FDR take your advice to help America through
the Great Depression?
With the election of
Franklin Roosevelt in
1932, the government was
going to move in a
different direction then
his predecessor when it
came to dealing with the
depression. Follow this
link to learn more about
it….
What Is The Impact
Of The New Deal?
Evaluate Roosevelt
Now, using your class
notes and the
following worksheet
on President Roosevelt
as a guide, evaluate his
policies as the
government’s next
attempt to “help”
America:
WORKS CITED
1. Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother”. Photograph. Web. 25 Feb. 2011
<http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm>
2. Unemployed men vying for jobs at the American Legion Employment Bureau
in Los Angeles during the Great Depression. Photograph. Web. 25 Feb.
2011 <http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm>
3. SOLutions. Cartoon. Web. 25 Feb. 2011 <http://www.tihr.com/solutions/sol051203.htm>
4. Multimedia Learning. Chart. Web. 25 Feb. 2011 <multimedialearning.org>
5. The Heritage Foundation. Chart. Web. 25 Feb. 2011
<http://heritage.org/Multimedia/InfoGraphic/More-federal-spending--New-dealor-raw-deal?query=More+federal+spending:+New+deal+or+raw+deal?>
6. Men standing in Food line. World Financial Blog. Photograph. Web. 25 Feb.
2011 <http://www.worldfinancialblog.com/wp-content/uploads/95714004-feadeda8.jpg>
7. Men Sitting in Soup Kitchen. Corbis Images. Photograph. Web. 25 Feb. 2011
<http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/5E78DC11-5034-4A638DB7-A60BADB9B6C3/BE040028.jpg>
8. People in Line. With Good Reason. Photograph. Web.. 25 Feb. 2011
<http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2009/05/ten-cents-a-dance-2/>
9. FDR. Bad Attitudes. Photograph. Web. 25 Feb. 2011
<http://badattitudes.com/MT/FDR.jpg>
10. I Want You FDR. Photograph. Web 25 Feb. 2011
<http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRDnAAdRf_A3F4Eaq5wR
LreFKBlQ1YnHCSXyakqPxXl4KHoaE9z-w>