Aspects of the New Deal

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

4, 6, 11

Overview

This resource provides a collection of images depicting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. The images represent the strengths and weaknesses of Roosevelt's New Deal.

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 4

SS10.4.12

Explain the impact the 1920s and Great Depression had on different socioeconomic groups in Alabama.

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Vocabulary

  • analyze
  • supply and demand
  • overproduction
  • overcropping
  • TVA
  • unemployment
  • poverty
  • wages
  • consumption
  • stock market
  • Great Depression
  • migrant
  • foreclosure
  • soup kitchen
  • relief
  • discrimination
  • segregation
  • consumer goods

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The increase in availability of electricity, employment opportunities, wages, products, consumption of goods and services, the overproduction of goods, and the stock market crash each had an impact on Alabama in the 1920's.
  • The overcropping of land, unemployment, poverty, establishment of new federal programs impacted Alabama during the Great Depression.
  • Supply and demand had an impact on the economies of Alabama and the United States during the 1920s and the Great Depression.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Explain the impact the 1920s had on different socioeconomic groups in Alabama including increase in availability of electricity, employment opportunities, wages, products, consumption of goods and services; overproduction of goods; stock market crash.
  • Explain the impact the Great Depression had on different socioeconomic groups in Alabama including overcropping of land, unemployment, poverty, establishment of new federal programs.
  • Interpret data linked to supply and demand and understand how this impacted economies of Alabama and the United States during the 1920s and the Great Depression. Analyze the human impact of New Deal programs on the people of Alabama.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Events and consumer habits in the 1920's impacted the lives of Alabamians and how they lived during the Great Depression.
Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 6

SS10.6.5

Explain causes and effects of the Great Depression on the people of the United States.

UP:SS10.6.5

Vocabulary

  • depression
  • economic failure
  • Hoovervilles
  • migration
  • Dust Bowl
  • New Deal
  • Tennessee Valley Authority
  • river systems

Knowledge

Students know:
  • What caused the Great Depression and the effect it had on the people of the United States.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Examine cause and effect to see relationships between people, places, ideas, and events.
  • Use map skills to locate places of historical significance.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • There were many causes and effects of the Great Depression on the people of the U.S.
Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 11 - United States History II

SS10.US2.7

Explain strengths and weaknesses of the New Deal in managing problems of the Great Depression through relief, recovery, and reform programs, including the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and the Social Security Act. [A.1.a., A.1.b., A.1.d., A.1.f., A.1.i., A.1.j., A.1.k.]

UP:SS10.US2.7

Vocabulary

  • relief
  • recovery
  • reform
  • Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Works Progress Administration
  • Civilian Conservation Corps
  • Social Security Act
  • Dust Bowl
  • Great Depression

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The strengths and weaknesses of the New Deal in managing the problems of the Great Depression.
  • Purpose and impact of relief, recovery, and reform programs of the New Deal, including the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Civilian *Conservation Corps (CCC), and the Social Security Act.
  • The impact of geographic, social, political, and economic conditions during the Great Depression, such as the conditions created by the Dust Bowl and its impact on migration patterns.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Analyze the strengths, weaknesses, and impacts of political and social programs during specific historical events.
  • Describe the purpose and effectiveness of specific programs and agencies.
  • Evaluate the impact of specific geographic, social, political, and economic conditions on life in the United States.
  • Trace and analyze migration patterns in the United States.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • There were many strengths and weaknesses of the New Deal in managing problems of the Great Depression through relief, recovery, and reform programs.

CR Resource Type

Informational Material

Resource Provider

Smithsonian

License Type

Custom
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Custom License Type (URL)

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Owner (Author)

mgsaboyd
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