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Worth a Thousand Words: Depression-Era Photographs
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, Economics, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThe goals of this lesson, from EDSITEment, are to gain insight into New Deal programs and the experience of Depression-era Ameri...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Where Did All the Money Go:?The Great Depression
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Economics, History-Social ScienceThis EconEdLink lesson, contains an introduction to the whodunit mystery activity about the causes of the Great Depression.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0National Debt and Wars
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Algebra & Functions, Economics, History-Social Science, MathematicsIn this Illuminations lesson, students collect information about the National debt, plot the data by decade, and determine wheth...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Henry Ford and the Model T: A Case Study in Productivity (Part 1)
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, EconomicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EconEdLink, students learn about Henry Ford's use of mass production strategies to...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Henry Ford and the Model T: A Case Study in Productivity (Part 2)
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, EconomicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EconEdLink, students identify Henry Ford as an innovator who helped revolutionize ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0America on the Move Classroom Activity Guide - Unit 3: 1930's & 40's Highways - Mapping the Big Idea
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this classroom activity from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will work with a historical map ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Bound for Glory: America in Color
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceBound for Glory: America in Color is the first major exhibit of 70 prints (made from color transparencies taken between 1939 and...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0The New Deal: North Carolina's Reconstruction?
Grades: 8Subjects: United States History, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts and 3 additional..This Library of Congress lesson plan is a guide for teachers that will result in imaginary Works Progress Administration (WPA) i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The WPA "Life Histories" Website: Between the Wars
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, Electives, SociologyIn this activity, from History Matters, students use the WPA Life Histories to examine and describe the difference between the 1...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0FDR's Fireside Chat on the Purposes and Foundations of the Recovery Program
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, relates to the powers of the president to recommend t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0TVA: Electricity for All
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Economics, United States History, Electives, Sociology and 2 additional..This teaching resource, from Columbia University, investigates Depression-era reactions to the Tennessee Valley Authority. TVA w...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0New Deal Network
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThe EDSITEment-reviewed New Deal Network is a database of primary source materials, including photographs, political cartoons, a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0New Deal Network - Political Cartoons and the TVA
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Career & Technical Ed, Visual Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson plan, from the New Deal Network, students learn to deconstruct a political cartoon in order to understand its mes...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0A New Deal for the Arts
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, History & Culture, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsThis Web site, from the National Archives and Records Administration, is an online exhibit, adapted from A New Deal for the Art...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0New Deal Documents Library
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis page, from the New Deal Network, provides a comprehensive list of links to primary documents related to federal reforms in ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Breadline: 1929-1939
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Economics, United States History, American Democracy, History-Social Science and 2 additional..This PBS Teacher s Guide accompanies the Breadline segment of their People s Century series. This program focuses on the after...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
