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Cranston High School West Library: Perentin - Great Depression - Slides

Great Depression Research Checklist Choice #1

* Title Page with Topic in MLA format (10 Points)

* Page with Research Question  (10 Points)

* Table of Contents Slide  (10 Points)

* 5 Content Slides with a title, text and an image - What do you see in the image?  How does this picture support you research and answer your research question? Responses must be a combination of your own words and research.  Research (words that are not your own) should have quotes around it.  (50 Points)

* Summary slide in your own words that answers your research question (10 Points)

* Comparison slide - How has the world changed, better or worse, on this topic since the Great Depression to present time? (10 Points)

 

Great Depression Research Checklist Choice #2

* Title Page with Topic in MLA format (10 Points)

* Define the Great Depression Era and what caused the Great Depression?  (10 Points)

* Table of Contents Slide  (10 Points)

* Point out 2-3 different ways people felt hardship or suffered during that period. (Picture(s), quotes, your own words)  (30 Points)

* Point out 2-3 different ways the government or society tried to solve the problem or get out of the Great Depression. (Picture(s), quotes, your own words) (30 Points)

* Comparison slide - How has the world changed, better or worse, on this topic since the Great Depression to present time? (10 Points)

 

How bad was it?

  • Stock Market crashed
  • Banks failed and closed
  • People lost their life savings
  • People lost their houses
  • People lost their jobs
  • People had to beg, borrow and steal
  • Drought
  • The Dust Bowl destroyed crops
  • People lost their farms
  • People had to travel place to place to find work

Solutions

  • Grow gardens
  • The women began to enter the workforce
  • New Deal projects and programs, such as the CCC, the SPA, the TVA, the Social Security Act
  • Farming techniques
  • Planting trees
  • Financial aid
  • Welfare
  • Government assistance
  • Bread lines
  • Soup kitchens

Topics for Great Depression Project

  • Stock Market Crash
  • Bank Closings/Bank Failure
  • Breadline/Foodline
  • Hooverville
  • Soup Kitchen
  • Migrant Workers
  • Hobos
  • Dust Bowl

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