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Description
OVERVIEW
In this lesson, students will analyze a primary source photograph, read an essential ideas passage, and explain the significance of key events and topics in Unit 12: The Great Depression.
LESSON TIME
This lesson will take approximately 45 - 60 minutes Exact times may vary based on the specific needs of individual classes.
GET A PREVIEW
Watch a short 5-6 minute introductory video on The Great Depression with an optional worksheet before getting started.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
- What are the major themes, events, and defining characteristics of Unit 12: The Great Depression?
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 use an answer bank of nine response options to identify up to five statements that they believe are true about Texas and the United States during Great Depression.
In this exit ticket, students will identify three statements that best summarize defining characteristics of the era by answering a multi-select question.
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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Grade Level Work
In this printable assignment, students will make observations, inferences, and predictions about the unit based on a primary source image; read an essential ideas reading passage written at an on-grade-level Lexile Level; and answer three comprehension questions about the material. Questions include multi-select, fill-in-the-blank graphic organizer with sentence stems, and a chart.
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In this printable assignment, students will make observations, inferences, and predictions about the unit based on a primary source image with the assistance of response options; read an essential ideas reading passage written at an on-grade-level Lexile Level with key information presented in bold; and answer three comprehension questions about the material. Questions include multi-select with one answer option eliminated, fill-in-the-blank graphic organizer with sentence stems and response options provided, and a chart with multiple-choice responses provided.
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In this printable assignment, students will make observations, inferences, and predictions about the unit based on a primary source image; read an essential ideas reading passage written at an above-grade-level Lexile Level; and answer six comprehension questions about the material. Questions include multi-select, two fill-in-the-blank graphic organizers, and short constructed responses.
Sources
Previews and links to sources referenced in this lesson.
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Images from the Farm Security Administration, 1935 - 1943
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Oil wells at Spindletop, 1901
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Farmer on a tractor, 1917
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Crowd in front of the Strand Theater, 1926
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“Near Panic on the Stock Exchange,” 1929
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The Tri-Cities Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Tuesday, July 12, 1932
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The Civilian Conservation Corps
- Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas by Dorothea Lange
- The New York Stock Exchange, 1900-1905
- Inside the New York Stock Exchange, 1939
- Protestors gather outside failed bank, 1931
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Portrait
- Work Pays America poster, 1936 - 1941
- Rural Electrification Administration REA cooperative maintenance truck at the substation
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