MY GREAT DEPRESSION WEBQUEST

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MY GREAT DEPRESSION WEBQUEST

• DESIGNED FOR CLASS 5-301 BY MRS. DAVIS

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INTRODUCTION

• You and a friend are going to travel back in time
  to the year 1931. You will both become a
  newspaper journalist and find out what it was
  like during The Great Depression.  The Great
  Depression is a time in history that many of your
  grandparents or great-grandparents lived through,
  but how much do you know about this period in our
  history?  

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INTRODUCTION

• Recently our nation suffered from an economic
  recession and there was some fear we were
  slipping into another economic depression as
  unemployment rates rise and banks or other
  economic institutions fail.  What does this mean
  for you as a student in elementary school? How
  are the economic troubles of the 2000's similar
  to the Great Depression? Through  completing this
  webquest we as a class will gain a better
  understanding of the Great Depression and its
  importance in our lives. Ok, it is now time to
  get with your time travel agent.   Have a safe
  journey and see you when you get back!! 

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TASK

• You and your friend have arrived at your
  destination.  It is now time to explore the Great
  Depression.
•  During this webquest you will research and
  discover what it would have been like to live
  during the Great Depression.
• You will then compare and contrast life now to
  life during the Depression. How are things
  similar, how are they different?
• MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE AT LEAST SIX IMPORTANT
  SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES.

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CONCLUSION

• Now that you have completed your webquest, you
  should not only understand more about the Great
  Depression, but you should also be able to make
  a deeper connection with the texts that we have
  read during our Great Depression Unit.

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TASK

• At the end of the webquest you will complete
  the task below
• Create a front page edition for the Bergtraum
  Bugle" showing important news events/stories that
  might have appeared on the front page of a major
  newspaper during the Great Depression.
• Stories may focus on
• Economy
• New laws passed (including New Deal, Social
  Security)
• Stock Market/Money
• Housing
• Employment
• Weather
• Politics
• Pop culture (including movies-musicradiothere
  was no television or internet!)
•  Illustrations-ads and appropriate format are
  required.

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PROCESS

• Before beginning your quest, you will need to
  scroll down to the bottom of this page and
  download each of the attachments and then print
  them.
• Background Research
• Using the websites provided, both of you research
  what life was like during the Great Depression. 
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• Fill out the questionnaire and write your answers
  in complete sentences.  Once you have finished,
  put your questionnaire in a folder and move on to
  compare and contrast.
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• Websites for research
• Historical Facts http//lifestyle.iloveindia.com/
  lounge/the-great-depression-981.html
• 50 Great Depression Facts http//facts.randomhist
  ory.com/2009/04/12_great-depression.html
• Great Depression Timeline http//factoidz.com/fac
  ts-of-the-great-depression/

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RESOURCES

• Websites (but not limited) to use for research
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• Historical Facts http//lifestyle.iloveindia.com/
  lounge/the-great-depression-981.html
• 50 Great Depression Facts http//facts.randomhist
  ory.com/2009/04/12_great-depression.html
• Great Depression Timeline http//factoidz.com/fac
  ts-of-the-great-depression/
• Then and now wages prices http//www.michigan.g
  ov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-54463_19268_20778-52530--,00.h
  tml
• More Pricing Info http//www.thepeoplehistory.com
  /1930s.html
• Food Prices during the Great Depression
  http//www.thepeoplehistory.com/30sfood.html
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• All images in this webquest were taken from
  Google Images of the Great Depression.
• http//www.google.com/search?qgreatdepressionim
  ageshlenbiw1419bih739prmdivnstbmischtbo
  usourceunivsaXeizgDwTY6qMays0AHu6JD1DAved
  0CCMQsAQ

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EVALUATION
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RESEARCH ALL SECTIONS ARE CAREFULLY DONE WITH NO PLAGIARISM AND CAREFULLY ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. ALL SECTIONS ARE MOSTLY CAREFULLY DONE WITH NO PLAGIARISM AND MOSTLY CAREFULLY ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. SOME SECTIONS ARE CAREFULLY DONE. THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT ARE NOT PUT IN YOUR OWN WORDS. SOME QUESTIONS COULD BE ANSWERED MORE CAREFULLY. MOST SECTIONS ARE POORLY DONE AND MOSTLY COPIED. MOST QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ANSWERED MORE CAREFULLY.
NEWS ARTICLES LIFE OF PEOPLE AND EVENTS ARE CAREFULLY, ACCURATELY AND THOUHTFULLY PORTRAYED, DESCRIBED AND REPORTED ON. LIFE OF PEOPLE AND EVENTS ARE MOSTLY CAREFULLY, ACCURATELY AND THOUGHTFULLY PORTRAYED, DESCRIBED AND REPORTED ON. PEOPLE AND EVENTS COULD BE MORE CAREFULLY, ACCURATELY AND THOUGHTFULLY PORTRAYED, DESCRIBED AND REPORTED ON. PEOPLE AND EVENTS ARE POORLY PORTRAYED, DESCRIBED AND REPORTED ON.
COMPLETENESS ARTICLES AND COMPARE-CONTRAST CHARTS ARE INCLUDED AND CAREFULLY DONE. ARTICLES AND COMPARE-CONTRAST CHARTS ARE INCLUDED AND MOSTLY CAREFULLY DONE. ARTICLES ARE INCLUDED. COMPARE-CONTRAST CHART MAY OR MAY NOT BE DONE. SOME ARTICLES AND-OR COMPARE-CONTRAST CHART MAY BE MISSING.
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EVALUATION
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APPEARANCE-PRESENTATION TYPED, PROPERLY FORMATTED WITH APPROPRIATE PHOTOS AND CAPTIONS. TYPED, MOSTLY PROPERLY FORMATTED WITH APPROPRIATE PHOTOS AND CAPTIONS MAY OR MAY NOT BE TYPED. FORMAT MAY HAVE PARTS NOT PROPERLY FORMATTED. MISSING PHOTOS OR SOME ARE NOT APPROPRIATE. NOT TYPED. FORMAT IS NOT CORRECT. MISSING OR INAPPROPRIATE PHOTOS AND CAPTIONS.
MECHANICS NO GRAMMATICAL OR STRUCTURAL ERRORS SINCE MOST CAREFUL ATTENTION WAS PAID TO THESE DETAILS. ONLY A COUPLE OF MINOR GRAMMATICAL ERRORS THAT DONT INTERFERE WITH CLEAR EXPRESSION. SOME GRAMMATICAL ERRORS THAT INTERFERE WITH CLEAR EXPRESSION. MANY GRAMMATICAL ERRORS.
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CONCLUSION

• Now that you have completed your webquest, you
  should not only understand more about the Great
  Depression, but you should also be able to make
  a deeper connection with the texts that we have
  read during our Great Depression Unit.