HISTORY &
GEOGRAPHY
Unit 5: The Crisis of Capitalism & Responses
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Key Concepts
checks and balances
consumerism
depression
economic indicators
executive power
fundamentalism
judicial review
limited government
nativism
social conflict
social welfare
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Public Issues
Government and Social Change: Contemporary public
policy issues related to the role government should play in
effecting social change.
Balance of Power: Contemporary public policy issues
related to the distribution of power among central
government, state governments, and the people.
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Unit Questions
1. How did post-war changes in society manifest
themselves in cultural conflict?
2. How did the economic, political, and social/cultural
choices in the early 1900s contribute to the Great
Depression?
3. How did the responses to the Great Depression both
reflect and then shape the meaning of freedom in the
United States?
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Assessment Task 1
Design an electronic collage using moviemaker or
PowerPoint that identifies the four people, events, or things
that best represent the 1920s and 1930s.
For each item selected, describe the item and explain the
reasons for its selection, emphasizing its impact both then
and today.
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Assessment Task 2
• Draw a political cartoon that addresses the question:
How did the responses to the Great Depression reflect the
changing meaning of freedom in the United States?
• In the cartoon, take a position on the role and purposes of
government during the New Deal era.
• The cartoon should identify at least one modification to
American constitutional government as a result of New
Deal policies and use symbolism to describe tensions
among the branches.
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Assessment Task 3
Write an essay that answers the question: How did the
economic, political, and social/cultural choices in the early
1900s contribute to the Great Depression?
The essay should include an explanation of the circular
flow model, describe characteristics of business cycles
including the characteristics of peaks, recessions, and
expansions, and use economic indicators for support.
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Unit Resources
The Roaring 20’s: Crash Course in US History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfOR1XCMf7A&list=PL8dPu
uaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s&index=33
The Great Depression: Crash Course in US History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCQfMWAikyU&list=PL8dPu
uaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s&index=34
The New Deal: Crash Course in US History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bMq9Ek6jnA&list=PL8dPuu
aLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s&index=35
The Crash of 1929 & The Great Depression
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccNilnpvbJg&list=PLocXxai0
2i3T7udNRisv4n48xtgTyfA_V