Monday, April 8, 2013
Title: New Deal Legislation
Grade and Subject: 7th grade U.S. History II
Time Allotted: 40 minutes
SOL #:
USII.6 (d)
NCSS Theme:
What is the guiding
question for this lesson?
Must be presented in the
lesson to students
How will student
understanding be assessed?
-include assessments.
V. Individuals, Groups, and
Institutions
How did New Deal Legislation introduced by
FDR serve to improve the broken economy?
Small Group Presentations
Key Concepts (no definition necessary):
• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
• National Recovery Act (NRA)
• Federal Insurance Deposit Corporation (FDIC)
• Federal Emergency Relief administration (FERA)
• Public Works Administration (PWA)
• Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
• Works Progress Administration (WPA)
• Social Security Act (SSA)
• Rural Electrification Act (REA)
SWBAT (as many as required by lesson):
• SWBAT Identify pieces of New Deal legislation and explain how they
contributed to an improving economy.
Materials
• New Deal Programs Flash Cards (Class Set)
• New Deal Programs Slot Sheet
Just Do It (hook):
• Think-Pair-Share: If you were President Roosevelt, and you were in charge of
fixing the Great Depression, how would you go about it? We already say
how he attempted to save the banks, what would you do to fix the other
parts of society?
Obj #
Check for Evidence of
Understanding
1
Just Do It (5 minutes)
Observation
Transition: Today, we will look at many of the programs that sprung up
under the Roosevelt administration. Because there are 10 that you will be
responsible for, we are going to divide up into groups, and each group will
become the expert on that particular organization. At the end of class, be
ready to share what you have learned about your group.
1
Students should count off 1-10. Give
Informal Observation of
each group the class set of Flashcards group presentations.
and give them 5 minutes to read and
10 minutes to discuss their
organization with their group (15
minutes). Student presentations
should also take (15 minutes) as
groups are presenting, observing
groups should be filling in
information on their New Deal
Programs slot sheet.
Transition: As we can see, FDR was a busy president. Before you leave
today, I want to get your thoughts on these programs.
1
Closure (5 minutes)
Observation
Description of Lesson Procedure
Closure (How does this come back to the guiding question):
• Class Discuss – Which New Deal Program do you think was the most
effective or the most important? Why?
Modifications/Differentiation:
• Mixed Ability grouping
• More basic information/pictures/descriptions