The Great Depression: One Minute Analysis
The Great Depression is best understood by viewing it through the lens of the people who lived through
it. As Franklin Roosevelt and the U.S. Government attempted to fix the economic crisis, everyday people
dealt with unemployment, economic instability, and homelessness. The struggle within Great Depression
is reflected in photographs, art, music and other documents of this time period.
Task: You will create a One Minute Analysis (O.M.A) of one of these documents from the Depressionera United States. The choice of document will be up to you, but options include:
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Photographs
Visual Art (posters, signs, paintings, cartoons)
Music
Government Documents (including speeches given by politicians, legislation, etc.)
Think of something else? Make me an offer!
Your chosen document must have been created during the Great Depression period.
Your One Minute Analysis (O.M.A) must be a discussion of your document that includes information
about your document in a one-minute multimedia presentation.
Format: The format or your O.M.A is for you to determine but options include:
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Powerpoint or Keynote presentation with voice over narration and visuals
Prezi with voice over narration and visuals
Short movie with voice over narration (iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, etc.)
Audio analysis with voice over narration (may only be used for songs or speeches)
Requirements: Your O.M.A should conform to the following requirements:
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Must include a full analysis of chosen document—should answer Who? What? When? Where?
Why? and How? Questions and include a discussion that answers the “So What?” question of
historical importance.
Must be no less than 60 seconds and no more than 125 seconds
Must include visuals (unless chosen document is a speech or piece of music)
Must include voice over narration (your voice—not someone else)
Must be accompanied by a works cited page
Must be put in the Kostka Collegio 2013-14-OMA folder on the P: drive prior to class on Friday
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Resources: Good places to look for information about depression era documents
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Photos and Visual Art:
o Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library: http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/gdphotos.html
o New Deal Network Photo Gallery: http://newdeal.feri.org/library/default.cfm
o Library of Congress New Deal Collection:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/newdeal/pp.html
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Music:
o Library of Congress Performing Arts Collection: http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/
o Jazz Music in the Great Depression: http://www.pbs.org/jazz/time/time_depression.htm
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Documents:
o New Deal Network Document Collection: http://newdeal.feri.org/texts/default.cfm
o National Archives Great Depression and WWII:
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/depression-wwii.html
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Library of Congress American Memory Collection:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
New Deal Network Collection: http://newdeal.feri.org/
Marist University’s FDR Library:
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/franklin/
Skillz: Need help putting the presentation together? Check out the following resources
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Powerpoint directions for voice over narration: http://bit.ly/1oG5Xvt
Keynote directions for voice over narration: http://bit.ly/1glsHMU
Prezi directions for voice over narration and visuals: http://bit.ly/1crfRB1
iMovie tutorial: http://bit.ly/1h7Hf4k
Windows Movie Maker tutorial: http://bit.ly/1glsNEd
Garage Band basics: http://bit.ly/1lPkQyq
Audacity basics (free download of program for audio and voice recording):
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Grading: You will be assessed according to the rubric below
10 points
8 points
6 points
0-4 points
Analysis
Provides thorough
analysis of
document
including all
necessary criteria,
clearly answers the
“So What?”
question
Provides solid
analysis including
“So What?”
question. May not
fully explain all
aspects of the
document
Provides limited
analysis of
document missing
two or more of the
analysis
requirements
Provides little to
no analysis of
document
including no
attempt at
answering the “So
What?” question
Images/Audio
All images and
audio are relevant,
clear and chosen to
enhance
presentation
Most images and
audio are relevant,
clear and chosen to
enhance
presentation
Images and audio
are sparse or do
not enhance
presentation
No images/audio
present, or if
present, are of
poor quality
Voice
Over/Narration
Narration is clear,
concise and adds
significantly to
understanding of
chosen document
Narration is mostly
clear and concise.
Adds to
understanding of
chosen document
Narration is
minimal or too
wordy. Does little
to add to
understanding of
document
Narration is of
poor quality,
difficult to
understand or does
not add to
understanding of
document
Works Cited
Works cited page
is complete and
free of errors
1 error in works
cited page
2 -3 errors in
works cited page
3 or more errors in
works cited page
or no works cited
page present