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Unit 8 Overview
This unit will examine the causes of the Stock Market Crash that led to the Great Depression. Changes in the government in reaction to the Great Depression will be covered. It also involves taking a closer look at individuals, groups, and institutions to prevent another Great Depression. Changes in US culture and society will also be addressed in the unit. Geography will be used to examine the effects of the Dust Bowl on the American citizens. The social and political impact of widespread unemployment will be analyzed.
Unit 8 Georgia Standards
SSUSH17 The student will analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.
a. Describe the causes, including overproduction, underconsumption, and stock market speculation that led to the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.
b. Explain factors (include over-farming and climate) that led to the Dust Bowl and the resulting movement and migration west.
c. Explain the social and political impact of widespread unemployment that resulted in developments such as Hoovervilles.
SSUSH18 The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal as a response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.
a. Describe the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority as a works program and as an effort to m control the environment.
b. Explain the Wagner Act and the rise of industrial unionism.
c. Explain the passage of the Social Security Act as a part of the second New Deal.
d. Identify Eleanor Roosevelt as a symbol of social progress and women’s activism.
e. Identify the political challenges to Roosevelt’s domestic and international leadership; include the role of Huey Long, the “court packing bill,” and the Neutrality Act.
Unit 8 Essential Questions
The student will understand that when there is conflict between or within societies, change is result.
Describe the hardships that American families faced during the Great Depression?
Discuss the criticisms aimed at the New Deal and describe the political challenges that FDR face as he implemented his economic plans?
The student will understand that beliefs and ideals of a society influence the social, political, and economic decisions of that society.
Analyze the main causes of the Great Depression.
Compare and contrast the Hoover administration’s position on aid and his economic plans during the Great Depression to that of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s.
Discuss the role of Eleanor Roosevelt in social progress and women’s activism.
Unit 8 Power Point Presentations
2-The Great Depression and the New Deal.pptxThe Great Depression and the New Deal
The Great Depression and the New Deal
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