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OVERVIEW
In this lesson, students will research the components and goals of a designated number of New Deal programs and then create a “recipe” of New Deal programs that I think would have been most beneficial to Texas during the Great Depression.
LESSON TIME
This lesson will take approximately 90 - 120 minutes
Exact times may vary based on the specific needs of individual classes.
The lesson can be potentially shortened to 1 day by eliminating the final “recipe review” activity and assigning specific New Deal programs to research to individual group members.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
- What were some of the influential programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, which ones would have been most and least beneficial to Texas and Texans, and why?
Teacher Tools
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Lesson Plan, Teacher Guide, Sources
Downloadable/editable versions of this lesson plan, including a step-by-step guide through the lesson. When applicable, a list of primary sources used in the lesson is also included.
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This ready-to-use classroom slideshow contains the warm-up exercise, the daily objective, the “We will / I will” statements, and the essential question for the lesson.
It guides the class through the assignment providing larger versions of images, visual representations of the directions, and supports for reading and answering questions including sentence stems for in-class responses. It concludes with the exit ticket.
Student Activities
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Warm-up & Exit Ticket
In this printable warm-up / bell-ringer activity, students will consider and list any and all factors that they believe contribute to what makes a recipe great compared to what makes a recipe terrible.
In this exit ticket, students will use sentence stems to write create a claim about which New Deal program they think would have been most beneficial to Texas and explain their decision.
The Warm-up and Exit Ticket document includes two warm-ups on the front of the page and two exit tickets on the back of the page. This formatting reduces the number of copies needed, as teachers will cut each printed page in half. Each student will receive a half-page with the warm-up on the front and the exit on the back.
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Alphabet Soup Cards
This printable material provides a set of information cards about 16 New Deal programs. Each card is ¼ a page in size and provides a brief description of the key components of the program and its purpose and goals.
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Grade Level Work
In this printable assignment, students will research ten of the sixteen New Deal programs, summarizing the key components and goals of each and giving a rating from 1 (least useful to Texas) to 5 (most useful to Texas.) Students then choose four of the programs to use as “ingredients” in their own alphabet soup recipe, providing their reasoning for why they chose each program. The lesson concludes with students writing two reviews for recipes created by their classmates. Writing passages are written at an on-grade level Lexile level.
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In this printable assignment, students will research 8 of the programs, summarizing the key components and goals of each and giving a rating from 1 (least useful to Texas) to 5 (most useful to Texas.) Students then choose three of the programs to use as “ingredients” in their own alphabet soup recipe, providing their reasoning for why they chose each program. The lesson concludes with students writing one review for recipes created by their classmates. Writing passages are written at an on-grade level Lexile level with key information presented in bold. Less writing is required for the foundations work.
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In this printable assignment, students will research all sixteen programs, summarizing the key components and goals of each and giving a rating from 1 (least useful to Texas) to 5 (most useful to Texas.) Students then choose five of the programs to use as “ingredients” in their own alphabet soup recipe, providing their reasoning for why they chose each program. The lesson concludes with students writing three reviews for recipes created by their classmates. Writing passages are written at an above grade-level Lexile level and more writing is required for advanced work.
Sources
Previews and links to sources referenced in this lesson.
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