Using PowerPoint in Your Lessons

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Using PowerPoint in Your Lessons

• A sample for a lesson on the Great Depression
• By the Critical Staff
• Jim Carroll, Joe Montacalvo,
• Melanie Calvert, Art Fortin Fred Fisher

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Aim The Great DepressionA Major Social
Problem in American History
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The Great Depression of the 1930s
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Have you ever been
Depressed?
How did you feel?
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What Is Depression?

• Is it just sadness?
• Is it an illness?
• Is it common?

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What Causes Depression in People?

• Loss of Friends
• Death
• Illness
• Loss of income- job
• Missed opportunities
• A feeling of a loss of control over ones future

Which of these do you think is the most important?
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A Definition of Depression

• Write your own definition of the word depression

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The Great Depression of the 1930s
Dictionary
depression    n. The act of depressing. The
condition of being depressed. An area that is
sunk below its surroundings a hollow. The
condition of feeling sad or despondent.
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Depression
Psychology. A psychiatric disorder characterized
by an inability to concentrate, insomnia, loss of
appetite, anaerobia, feelings of extreme sadness,
guilt, helplessness and hopelessness, and
thoughts of death. Also called clinical
depression. A reduction in activity or force. A
reduction in physiological vigor or activity a
depression in respiration. A lowering in amount,
degree, or position. Economics. A period of
drastic decline in a national or international
economy, characterized by decreasing business
activity, falling prices, and unemployment.
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Depression
How does this definition compare to you
definition of depression?
Why are there many definitions of this word?
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In this Unit we will examine the definition
related to

• Economics. A period of drastic decline in a
  national or international economy, characterized
  by decreasing business activity, falling prices,
  and unemployment
• AND- Its effects political and Social effects on
  Americans who attempted to survive the 1930s

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THE NINETEEN THIRTIES IN AMERICA

• In your groups, complete the worksheets
• listing evidence for Depression in each slide
  shown
• Be sure all members of the group have input

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Slide 1
1 2 3
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WEST VIRGINIA 1934
Slide 2
1 2 3
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BONUS MARCH ON WASHINGTON DC
SLIDE 3
1 2 3
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OKLAHOMA 1936
SLIDE 4
1 2
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STATISITCS SLDIE 5
1 2
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ROUTE 66 TO CALIFORNIA
SLIDE 6
1 2
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GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT SLIDE 7
1 2
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ARKANSAS 1936 Slide 8
1 2
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Soup Kitchen 1935
SLIDE 9
1 2
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LITHOGRAPH FROM THE DEWITT CLINTON H.S. LITERARY
MAGAZINE 1938 SLIDE 10
1 2
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Lets sing along Brother Can You Spare A
Dime SLIDE 11
http//www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/laven
der/cherries.html
List Evidence for the The Great Depression in
songs 1 2
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An Oral History of the Great Depression
Slide 12
http//www.mcsc.k12.in.us/mhs/social/madedo/oralhi
st/
Gather Evidence for the PROBLEMS in the GREAT
DEPRESSION from this website
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Slide 13
Look at Images of the Great Depressionon the
Hyperlink Click on wordsand gather evidence of
the the era
http//204.244.141.13/writ_den/h15/direct.h
tm

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Slide 14
GATHERING THE EVIDENCE Of Causes Of The Great
Depression Search Through The Images On The
Website Below. Write down evidence that you
glean from the images shown
http//www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/photoe
ssay.htm
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THE SUMMARY
USE THE WEB SITES BELOW the website below and
1 Identify a social problem of the Great
Depression 2 List evidence for the Great
Depression LINKS DEFINE THE SOCIAL PROBLEM
GATHER EVIDENCE FOR THE SOCIAL PROBLEM
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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 1
From the websites below, determine additional
causes for the Great Depression Complete the
AHPPA worksheet 3
http//www.geocities.com/tthhoomas/p2.htm http//
www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/ppa/usppadc1.html
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Homework Assignment 2

• Your task is to develop a Public Policy using the
  CRITICAL WORKSHEET that the government could
  follow to reduce effects of the depression on
  Americans in the future. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER !
• Be sure to address the causes of the depression
  we have discussed.
• Consider how realistic your policies are- could
  they be put into practice in the U.S. of the
  1930s?

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NOTE to TEACHERS

• There could be a major unit on Herbert Hoovers
  attempt to address the depression and on Franklin
  Roosevelts New Deal policies
• This is a major undertaking that will require
  several periods of study

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Follow-up Lesson
Suggestions

• Class debate on policies developed by students
• Students debate the order of importance for
  causes of the Depression
• PowerPoint of New Deal programs and policies-
  students make comparisons to their policies
• Use AHPPA to evaluate the New Deal Programs