ETE 335
Elementary Social Studies Lesson
deBono’s Thinking Hats
ETE 335
Elementary Social Studies Lesson
deBono’s Thinking Hats
Kellie Evanish
Econ/ The Great Depression
6th grade
The Great Depression
ETE 335
Elementary Social Studies Lesson
deBono’s Thinking Hats
Goals:
SWBAT understand how the Great Depression changed America
and how economics takes part in the Great Depression.
SWBAT
Objectives:
Content/Knowledge:
SWBAT compare and contrast the events of the Great Depression.
Process/Skills:
SWBAT compare and analyze events from the Great Depression.
SWBAT use online sources to gather information.
Values/Dispositions:
SWBAT understand the position that people were in during the
Great Depression.
ETE 335
Elementary Social Studies Lesson
deBono’s Thinking Hats
Rationale:
With the Depression everything in America changed and not for the best.
With teaching about the Depression the students will have an insight on
some of the hardships America has felt.
Standards:
State – Illinois Common Core or Learning Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.5 Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology,
comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or
more texts
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.6 Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important
similarities and differences in the point of view they represent
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.7 Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources,
demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently
National – NCSS Themes
Culture; Time, Continuity, and Change; Production, Distribution, and
Consumption
Materials Needed
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PBS Great Depression Video Clips
Computers
Paper
Pencils
Objective
Objective
•Show the students a video clip from PBS's The Great Depression: Stories of a Generations's Struggle for
Democracy.http://documentary-films.tv/film_depression.html
• This website has an overview of the story that will be told
• After the clip is shown students will work in pairs to create a timeline of the major economic and social
event that are related to the Great Depression
•In the timeline student will not only put the date of the event but also describe what happened and who
was apart of the event.
Intuitive
Intuitive
•Students will research headlines from the time period of the Great Depression.
•Students will then write their own story as if they were a reporter from that time period. The story must
include information about the stock market crash, and what they think will come next.
•Students will be supplied with websites that may help them complete the headline.
• http://www.pbs.org/fmc/timeline/estockmktcrash.htm
• http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/index-1929-crash.html
• http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/stockcrash1929.htm
Positive/Strengths
Positive/Strengths
•Introduce the students to the New Deal created by FDR and all of the programs and jobs he
created by the New Deal.
•After reading about the New Deal and having a group discussion have the students gather in
pairs.
• In their pairs they will talk about the positives and strengths the New Deal gave to the
American people. The students will create a list of the strengths and why they believe that they
are strengths. After the list are created the students will then have a class discussion of why
they think those items were the strengths.
•This website may be of help to the students: http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm
Negatives/Weaknesses
Negatives/Weaknesses
•Introduce the students to the New Deal created by FDR and all of the programs and jobs he created by
the New Deal.
•After reading about the New Deal and having a group discussion have the students gather in pairs.
• In their pairs they will talk about the positives and strengths the New Deal gave to the American people.
The students will create a list of the strengths and why they believe that they are strengths.
•This website may be of help to the students: http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm
•The class has now just finished their discussion about the strengths of the New Deal and now the pairs
are back together working on what they believe their weaknesses are.
•The will state the weaknesses and why they believe that. If there is a strength that they now believe is a
weakness they must state why they thought it was a strength and what made them change their mind.
Creative
Creative
•You are now FDR and in the positon to try and turn things around and save America from the Great
Depression. What are you going to do to help out the Americans who are looking up to you to save them
from this situation.
• Research can be done and you may use the New Deal as model, but do not copy the New Deal.
•Also do you believe that you solution would bring America out of the Great Depression with out the help
of the World War?
•If you need a reminder of all that had happened in the Great Depression use this website
as a reference
http://web.archive.org/web/20061020082449/http://www.marist.edu/summerscholars/96/ovs.
htm
Thinking About Thinking
Thinking About Thinking
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You are now the President of the United States during the Great Depression. The New Deal is starting
to fail and World War 1 never happened. As the President what will be your next step to try and bring
America out of the economic downfall.
ETE 335
Elementary Social Studies Lesson
deBono’s Thinking Hats
Visual Learning, Assessment, and Online Resources:
Assessment:
1.
The students will be assessed through all of their journaling. In their
journals they will state what they have learned and what they liked most and
least about the activities done. Their journals should be written clearly and
with proper grammar.
Online Resources:
1. https://delicious.com/kevanish