3.8 Great Depression and New Deal

In Our Own Words Groups:

Reading Lab Groups:

1. Sullivan, Ryan
2. Katherine, Jimmy
3. Matt, Sierra
4. Lydia, Sarah
5. Kristen, Ray
6. Nick, Sereina
7. Laura, Chloe

1. Sullivan, Ryan, and Laura
2. Katherine, Jimmy, and Sierra
3. Lydia and Sarah
4. Nick, Sereina, and Ray
5. Matt, Chloe, and Kristen

Targets:

Readings:

• I can describe how economic dislocations, social pressures, and the economic growth spurred by World War I led to a greater degree of migration within the United States, as well as migration to the United States from elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere.
• I can describe and analyze the ways in which the New Deal and FDR changed the role of the federal government and impacted Americans for generations.
• I can make comparisons and contrasts between the Great Depression and the recent Great Recession, including comparisons and contrasts between FDR’s response and Obama’s response.

1. Mexican Americans and the Great Depression
2. Mass Exodus from the Plains
3. Where Historians Disagree
4. The Era of Big Government is Back - Or Did it Ever Leave?
5. Obama and FDR: Similar Challenges