Introduction
Today, you will learn about how Americans lived and suffered during the Great Depression in the 1930's. While analyzing the horror stories of many employees being laid off, the stock market crash, loss of life savings, and farmers leaving their land, due to ruined crops of the dust storm; we will be discussing the causes of the Great Depression and if it was inevitable or not. The main goal of this WebQuest is for you to be able to explain the environmental, economic, and social impact of American society during the Great Depression.
Task
During this WebQuest, you are welcome to work individually or with a partner, however, you or you and your partner will have many different tasks. There will be many different videos to explore and websites to investigate, in which you will need to pay close attention, in order to understand and adequately obtain the knowledge and details the Great Depression. While analyzing those websites and listening to those videos, it is strongly recommended that you record notes on the important aspects that may stand out to you. When the WebQuest is complete, you will be required to answer a combination of ten multiple choice and short answer questions, following a summary of how the Great Depression affected minorities and women, and if the Great Depression was inevitable.
Process
To start off your WebQuest, you will need to read pages 364-383, in our Prentice Hall: United States History- Reconstruction to Present textbook.
Next you will need to watch a series of videos, in which will guide you through the how the Great Depression came about and the outcomes and experiences following the Great Depression.
After watching the videos, you will then read the articles here:
https://www.ushistory.org/us/48.asp
https://www.ushistory.org/us/48e.asp
https://www.thoughtco.com/great-depression-pictures-1779916
Once you have completed your reading and videos, you will then gather the notes you have taken to answer the following combination of ten multiple choice and short answer questions, which will be in schoology, and you will develop your summary of how the Great Depression affected minorities and women, and if the Great Depression was inevitable in a word document.
Evaluation
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Summary does not acknowledge the effects that Great Depression had on minorities, women, and if the Great depression was inevitable. Not Accurate. |
Summary only acknowledges one half of what is asked to summarize. Somewhat Accurate. |
Summary acknowledges every aspect, but information is misunderstood. Mostly Accurate. |
Summary address every aspect of assignment, without any mistakes or confusion. Completely Accurate. |
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***5 points will be deducted if there are any grammar, format, and spelling errors.*** |
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Student answered only two questions correctly, while including explanation of answered short answer questions. |
Student answered only five questions correctly, while including explanation of answered short answer questions. |
Student answered only seven questions correctly, while including explanation of answered short answer questions. |
Student answered all ten questions correctly while including explanation of answered short answer questions.
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***5 points will be deducted if explanation is not included for short answer questions.*** |
Conclusion
Now that you have completed your WebQuest, take a moment to deflect what mostly intrigued you, based upon the reading and videos. As the president of the United States, what are some things you would have done to help through the hard time and struggles of the Great Depression? What are some thing you would have done as a women or minority during the Great Depression? Do you appreciate how times are today compared to the Great Depression? Would you like to learn more about United States History?
Moreover, there are many more aspects to learn when it comes to the Great Depression like, the many New Deals created by president FDR, in which improved the United States to pick up and renew itself, which is really interesting because many of these new deals we still use today.
Credits
YouTube
ThoughtCo.
ushistory.org
Lapsansky-Werner
Levy
Roberts
Taylor
Teacher Page
This WebQuest was created in alignment with the MSCCRS, that will be used in an 11th grade classroom.
Standard:
US History: 1877 to the Present
US.6
Great Depression/New Deal:
Analyze the causes and effects of the Great Depression and New Deal. (Strands: Civics, Civil Rights, Geography, History, Economics)
Objective:
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Compare the causes of the Great Depression, including: the uneven distribution of wealth; rampant stock market speculation; the collapse of the farm economy; policies of the federal government and the Federal Reserve System; overproduction of industry; and the impact of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.