Content+and+projects

=The Great Depression and the New Deal: a human story=

Purpose: To examine the impact of the Great Depression and the New Deal on a person's life.
==Method: Select a person, research the Great Depression and New Deal using primary sources, create a page presenting the era from this person's perspective using a variety of media, text, photo, music, cartoons, and any other content==

Directions:
[|________________________________________________________________________________Source] (Do not use this photo)
 * 1) Work with one other person and select one of the following people from the Depression
 * farmer
 * union member, working
 * woman
 * unemployed worker
 * veteran of World War I
 * man who lost everything in the collapse of the stock market and banks
 * migrant
 * minority-African-American, Mexican-American
 * other-Native American
 * business owner

=Focus: Include the following required areas:=
 * =your life before the Depression=
 * =impact of the Depression on you=
 * =view and hopes for the New Deal programs=
 * =your view of Franklin Roosevelt=

Resources

 * Start with this site: [|Documents of the Great Depression]
 * [|Cartoons]
 * [|Eye Witness to History]
 * [|Photos]
 * [|Songs and lyrics]
 * [|New Deal Network]
 * //American Spirit// and //American Pageant//
 * //other sources//

Create a page with your person's identity and your group members' first names and last initials
= = = = =The culminating activity will be a round-table class discussion with one another in the voice and person of your selection.=
 * Use the page to present "How the Great Depression affected me."
 * Use text and many other types of presentation
 * Make this personal from your person's view
 * **Under each part post a link labeled Source, and link it to url of the actual source**
 * =Be creative; no more than 50% may be text=