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Name: __________________________
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Subject: The Great Depression
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Teacher Name: Bonnie Wright
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Date: ___________________
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Affects
of Depression
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Introduction:
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INTRODUCTION:
What was it like growing up during the Great Depression? For people, life
was a daily struggle. At the peak of the Depression, 25% of the nation’s
workers, one out of four, were unemployed. No job meant no money to pay
the mortgage or buy food and clothes for the family. Times were hard
whether you lived in a city or on a farm, whether you were an adult or a
child. Families unable to pay the mortgage lost their homes and farms. As
a result, about 250,000 young people were homeless in the early years of
the Depression. Reading about the personal experiences of people who
lived during the Great Depression can help us to understand this time
period. There first person’s accounts of their memories help us to
understand how the Great Depression affected the lifestyles of everyone.
You will read some of these people’s memories and complete activities in
your groups.
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Task:
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TASK:
Your quest will be to read some of these people’s memories and complete
activities in your groups. What was everyday life like for men, women, and
children, during the Great Depression? You will be taking notes and
answering questions, creating a poster depicting the lifestyles of people
then, and writing five days of journal entries from the viewpoint of a
family during this time period.
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Process:
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PROCESS:
In this Web Quest you will be working together in groups of four. Each
group will answer the Task or Question. We will begin the process by
learning some general information about the Great Depression before
working on the group activities.
BACKGROUND: SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
Every group must complete this activity first.
Use the Internet information below to write a comprehensive paragraph
about the Great Depression that includes the following information: When
did the stock market crash? Describe three causes of the Great
Depression. What were some of the problems that Americans faced during
the Great Depression?
STEP 1
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You will be working in a group of four. Each group will represent living
during the Great Depression. Go to the two sites identified below
individually read the stories of people who lived through the Great
Depression. Two of you should go to one site and the other two to the
other. Then each of you should divide the different people’s accounts to
read. One site has seven interviews and the other has four. As you read
take notes on the topics from STEP 2 and the following questions. What
are some of the things they you learned? What surprises you about life
during this time period?
STEP 2
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As a group creates a poster on 18 X 24 paper depicting the lifestyle of
people living then. Include entertainment, education, food, costs, jobs,
hobbies, etc. You may print some pictures from the Web sites or you may
draw pictures. Give your poster a title. Using a black marker label all
of the items you include on the poster.
STEP 3
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As a group writes five days of journal entries from the viewpoint of a
family living during this time period. Write it in first person as a
family writing it together with a mother, father, and two children. Use
ideas that you learned from the first person accounts on the Web sites.
Be sure to date each journal entry with an appropriate date. You may
either use notebook paper bound together with construction paper to
create a journal or you can be creative and come up with your own idea to
display the journal.
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Evaluation:
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Big Shanty
Intermediate
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The Great Depression
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Name:
________________________
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Teacher:
Ms. Wright
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Date
Submitted: ____________
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Title
of Work: ___________________
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2
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1
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Introduction
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All
questions were answered completely and rationales for the answers were
clearly stated.
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All
questions were answered completely, but rationales for the all the
answers were not clearly stated.
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Not
all questions were answered completely, or greater than 2
rationales for the all answers were not clearly stated.
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All
questions were not answered completely.
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Task
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All
areas of the task were addressed and handled with a high degree of
sophistication. The plan followed by the team demonstrated a great
deal of thought.
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At
least one area of the task was not addressed. The plan followed
by the team demonstrated a great deal of thought.
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At
least two areas of the task were not addressed. The plan
followed by the team demonstrated a moderate level of thought.
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The
task is incomplete and/or it is apparent that little effort went into
the development of the task.
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Process: Teamwork
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It
is evident that a mutual effort and cohesive unit created the final
product.
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The
team worked well together, but could have utilized each other's
skills to a better degree.
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The
team had problems working together. Little collaboration occurred.
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The
final product is not the result of a collaborative effort. The
group showed no evidence of collaboration.
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Process: Originality
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The ideas expressed by the
body of work demonstrate a high degree of originality.
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The ideas expressed by
the body of work are mostly original. The group may have improved
upon a previous idea.
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The ideas expressed by
the body of work demonstrate a low degree of originality.
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There were no original
ideas expressed in this project.
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Grammar, Format , and Spelling
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The
final body of work was free of grammar, spelling, and formatting
errors.
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The
final body of work had 1 error related to either grammar, spelling,
and formatting errors.
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The
final body of work had 3-5 grammar, spelling, and formatting
errors.
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The
final body of work had major grammar, spelling, and formatting
errors.
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Total---->
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Teacher Comments:
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Conclusion:
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Through this project you have been in contact with and have obtained direct
information about The Great Depression. This part of history has
influenced decisions for future generations.
Name one fact about The Great Depression that you did not
know before you began this project.
Why do you think prices have changed so much over time?
What was the easiest part of this project?
What was the most difficult part of this project?
Did you find any other sites throughout this project
that may help with research on this topic?
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