Learning Targets

1. Describe the economic and human effects of the Great Depression.2. Determine how the Great

Depression affected the lives of Americans by analyzing a primary source.

3. Select a quote which best highlights the impact of the Great Depression on Americans.

4. Create an illustration, using historical facts, which matches the chosen quote.

7. Stock Market Crash: Oct. 29, 1929

Panicked selling caused prices to lower “Black Tuesday:” 16 million shares sold, $15 billion dollar loss

Bloom’s Taxonomy (answer as many as possible)

1. Knowledge: List the reasons people bought goods on credit during the 1920s.

2. Comprehension: Explain why European countries refused to buy American products in the 1920s.

3. Application: Illustrate the the ineffectiveness of President Coolidge in a political cartoon.

4. Analysis: Analyze how the differences in income in the 1920s led to difficulties in the economy.

5. Synthesis: Hypothesize how our world might be different if farmers had cut back on production in the 1920s.

6. Evaluation: Evaluate which side had the most responsibility for the stock market crash--the investors or the stockbrokers.

A. Economic Effects:

1. Lost confidence in market and economy

2. Businesses reduced production or closed

1929-1932:100,000 businesses failed

3. Unemployment

1930: 9% 1931: 16% 1932: 24%

1933: ¼ of labor force is unemployed

Unemployed gather in Chicago

Unemployed line up outside of the TN state employment office

Ford Motor Company1928: 128,000 workers1931: 37,000 workers

Breadline for the unemployed in Chicago

4. Banks closed

Americans waiting to take savings out of bank after the Stock Market Crash.

•6,000 banksclosed

•9 millionsavings accountslost

5. Reduced purchasing power

6. Created a continuing cycle of depression

Businesses closed/reduced production

People laid off or fired

People couldn’t buy goods or food

No demand for goods

Less productivity

People lost savings

Banks closed

B. Human Effects:1. Eviction

Homeless, evicted womanon streets of Chicago afterlosing her house

2. Farms and houses foreclosed

Auctions were common as moreFarmers lost their farms.

1929-1932: 400,000 foreclosed

3. “Hoovervilles” – camps for homeless

“Hooverville” on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

4. Migratory workers – people move for work and move around nation, like Hobos

“Oakies” and others pack up belongings to move for work.

http://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/movies/ballard_water_07.html

Dorothea Lange’s famous pictures of migratory workers in the Salinas Valley in CA

5. Bonus March of 1932

Former WWI vets (20,000 strong)March to WashingtonTo get bonus early

Bonus Marchers, WWI vets, fight army sent in to remove them.

Bonus Marchers Leave Washington, D.C.

Life in the Great DepressionIllustrated Quote

1. Choose a primary source reading.• “Going on Relief in Baltimore” (describes what it was like to get charity)• “Pipe City” (describes the life of the forgotten- hobos, a teenager)• “No Help Wanted” (searching for work)

2. Pick a quote which describes what life was like during the the Great Depression from the primary source.3. Complete the “tag.” Include:• Who said it• What it tells the reader about life in the Great Depression• Date (put down year, specific date or time frame

4. Write the quote on the form using correct punctuation.5. Illustrate the quote , using details form the reading.

Illustrated Quote

Quote: “After my dad lost his job, the food budget had to stretch far. Mom made lard sandwiches for lunch and grilled them like you would a grilled cheese. This was lunch most days.” Tag: Vernon Pavek on the trying to feed a family during the Great Depression , May 7, 1931

NOTE:Use detailsFrom theReading to Illustrate it.IllustrationsShould be realistic.

Life in the Great DepressionIllustrated Quote

“Life in the Great Depression” Illustrated Quote Rubric

Content 0 Points 1 Point 2 Points Preparation and Format

-- No preparation; Incomplete -- Missing tag or quote -- Evident errors

-- Prepared; Mostly complete -- Some errors in quote and tag format

-- Well prepared; 100% -- Correctly formats quote and tag

Historical Content

-- Missing message; image does not relate to the GD or reading -- Needs historical details

-- There is a message about life during the GD -- Uses some historical details

-- Clear message from author about life during the GD -- Needs no explanation -- Uses thoughtful historical details

Professionalism and Use of Images

-- More attention to the images was needed -- May be too simple -- Not quality work (i.e. stick people)

-- Good use of images -- More detail or facial expressions may be needed -- Good work (no stick people)

-- Images in the picture capture the reader’s eye. -- Uses facial expressions! -- Shows attention to detail

TOTAL POINTS: ______________/6