Aim: Did FDR’s New Deal help America recover from the Great Depression?

• By: Clarissa Lynn

• A lesson modeling the use of “Ink Splatter” in American History

The Great Depression begins in 1929

Causes:•Unequal distribution of wealth•Over production in industry and agriculture•Stock market crash and financial panic

Effects:•Widespread hunger and poverty•25% unemployment•FDR's New Deal: “Relief, Recovery, Reform”

• Arrange students in circle(s)• Each student receives a different document• Add annotations directly to the mounting of the

document. Annotations can be questions, comments, definitions, reflections, argumentation, criticisms…

• After some time has elapsed, swap documents. For all subsequent annotations, students can comment not only on the document, but also on the other comments.

• After several swaps, class reconvenes for summary activity

The New Deal: Relief, Recovery & Reform

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Housing

IndustryVulnerable populations

Labor

Criticisms

Farmers

Banking Reforms

The New Deal

Concerns & Modifications

• Would you want to use this as an introduction activity or as a summary activity?

• Besides a graphic organizer, how might this lesson be wrapped up or extended?

• What other topics would lend themselves to the ink splatter?