Survival


 * Survival ** [[image:great_depression.gif width="180" height="240"]]
 * Goals **


 * To develop an understanding of despair and survival through difficult situations. **
 * To develop an understanding of the challenges during post WWI period. **
 * To develop an understanding of the challenges faced by teens during the Great Depression. **
 * To develop an understanding of the causes and effects the Great Depression had on the world. **
 * To develop an understanding of the challenges faced by people living during the Great Depression. **
 * To develop an overall understanding of the post WWI period and the impacts of the Great Depression. **
 * To develop an understanding of American’s lives during the Great Depression. **


 * Objectives **


 * Students will be able to relate personal experiences of survival with 1930s Americans. **
 * Students will be able to identify key issues leading up to the Great Depression. **
 * Students will be able to relate themselves with teens of the 1930s. **
 * Students will be able to identify why the Great Depression started and its impact on the rest of the world. **
 * Students will be able to relate personally with people living during the 1930s through letters. **
 * <span style="color: gray; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Students will be able to identify key events, people, and documents of the post WWI period. **
 * <span style="color: gray; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Students will be able to research the daily life of an American during the 1930s. **
 * <span style="color: gray; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Students will be able to present their own interpretation of daily life during the Great Depression. **


 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16.5pt;">Standards **


 * <span style="color: gray; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Explain the challenges of the post WWI period. Identifying the causes of the Great Depression. Characterizing the global impact of the Great Depression. **


 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16.5pt;">Class Handouts **


 * <span style="color: gray; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Riding the Rails Activity Sheet [|Riding the Rails.docx] **
 * <span style="color: gray; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Dear Mrs. Roosevelt Activity Sheet [|Dear Mrs. Roosevelt.docx] **
 * <span style="color: gray; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Life During the Great Depression Project and Rubric [|Project Rubric.docx] **


 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16.5pt;">PowerPoints **

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 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16.5pt;">Resources **


 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Dear Mrs. Roosevelt **
 * <span style="color: gray; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Further explore the letters written to Eleanor Roosevelt on this website. **
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|Roosevelt Letters] **


 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Riding the Rails **
 * <span style="color: gray; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Further explore the teens of the Great Depression at this PBS site. **
 * <span style="color: gray; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|PBS Riding Rails] **


 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Cause and Effect **

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 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">First Hand Accounts **

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 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9pt;">Discussion Board **

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