3.11 Great Depression Wiki

Examine the pictures. As you do so, think about the fact, during the Depression, thousands of Americans lived as this family is living—without homes and with hope fading fast. Read Lange’s explanation of the situation in which she took these pictures.

ON THE WIKI, write the details from the pictures and Lange’s description that strike you in some way.

Make some personal response to those details.

Write a summary or a poem; pose questions; draw a picture; make some kind of personal connection to the visual and verbal information.

http://www.st.cr.k12.ia.us/webquest/Depression/Depression%20WebQuest.htm

2009-10 Then and Now: Prices

Compare Prices During the Great Depression to Prices Today:
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-15481_19268_20778-52530--,00.html

Work with your group and take turns to search how much items cost today compared to what they cost during the Great Depression in the 1930's.

Each person in your group should have a completed, identical chart to turn in to Ms. Welch.

2009-10 WWI: Brain Pop Movie/Quiz

Group Leaders:

Go to Brain Pop and watch this movie on WWI.

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/worldwari/

Ms. Welch will give you the password.

After watching answer the quiz questions together with your group.

2.9 MON Harlem Renaissance Artists

Read in your SS book pgs. 328-335.

Focus on the parts that detail the Harlem Renaissance and the new kinds of entertainment. Today we will focus on Louie Armstrong. At the end of the lesson you will choose an artist from the Harlem Renaissance to research. You will create a podcast (a computer recording) detailing what you find.

Louie Armstrong

Langston Hughes

1.26 MON-KWL WWI

Today we are beginning our new social studies unit on World War I.

What do you already know about WWI?

Reply to this post and tell me some things you know about WWI. Don't forget your initials!