The Great Depression and the Americas (1929 – 39)

Objective 3.3: Explore life during the Depression and the efforts made to restore prosperity in the USA and elsewhere

Warm-Up: The Great Depression If someone says it better, let them say it…

CRASH COURSE #33 While watching, complete the fill-in notes!

Group Work: The Face of the Great Depression (pgs. 309 – 315) 1. Read your assigned section 1. to 4.2. Think about and discuss the following

questions…• What was the main purpose behind the

assigned section?• How was this section’s segment(s) of the

population affected by the Great Depression?

3. Answer the questions at the end of your assigned section’s introductory paragraph

Cesar Chavez Gets Tractored off the Land (1936) How did Cesar Chavez assess the

Depression’s impact on his father and the rest of his family?

In what ways, might the experience of the Depression have contributed to his later commitment to organizing the farmworkers?

A Salesman Goes on Relief (1930s) What was the most difficult part of Ben Isaacs

experience? What does he think about the surge of post-

World War II prosperity?

A Boy in Chicago Writes to President Roosevelt (1936) What does the boy think is the Depression’s

worst impact on his family?

Hard Times in a North Carolina Cotton Mill (1938 – 1939) How did Sam T. Mayhew survive? What is his attitude toward welfare?

Statistical Analysis: The Dust Bowl

Study the given charts Use the information

provided to answer the questions that follow on a separate piece of loose-leaf paper

Be prepared to discuss your responses

Mapping: The Dust Bowl

The Grapes of Wrath How does The Grapes of Wrath show the

effects of the Great Depression on the “Okies”?

Warm-Up: Partner Review—Only Yesterday (XIV. Aftermath – 1930-1931) by Frederick Lewis Allen

What previous knowledge was confirmed in the text?

What new knowledge was put forth in the text?

What surprised you about the text?

What confused you about the text?

The Century: America’s TimeStormy Weather (1929 - 1936) While watching consider the given guiding

questions (treat them as notes) and the following BIG QUESTION… What challenges are presented to the different

segments of society during the “Great Depression”?

Document Analysis: Letters to the White House

Letter #1 Letter #2

Finding the Main Idea What is the major

point of the letter?

What does W.H.H. think is the cause of unrest in the country?

Finding the Main Idea What is the major

point of the letter?

Why did J.B. think the radio program was a mistake?

Herbert Hoover Clashes with Franklin Roosevelt

For your assigned section give a summary as to the perspective of the author (pull direct quotes that support your summation)

I. On Public Versus Private Powera. Hoover Upholds Free Enterprise

(1932)b. Roosevelt Pushes Public Power (1932

II. On Government in Businessa. Hoover Assails Federal Intervention

(1932)b. Roosevelt Attacks Business in

Government (1932)

III. On Balancing the Budgeta. Hoover Stresses Economy (1932)b. Roosevelt Stresses Humanity (1932)

IV. On Restricted Opportunitya. Roosevelt Urges Welfare Statism

(1932)b. Hoover Calls for New Frontiers (1932)

Quickwrite Respond to the following prompt…

No other man in the United States had a higher reputation than Hoover in the 1920s, and none rated lower in public esteem in the early 1930s. Was this a reversal of public opinion justified? Should Hoover be admired for the consistency of his beliefs, even under severe criticism?