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The Great Depression of the 1930s Unit PlanThe Great Depression of the 1930s Unit Plan
Publisher
Via Sapientiae at DePaul University
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Grade
7th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Unit Plans
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Duration
14 days
Number of Slides
17
Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
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Year
2014
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The Great Depression of the 1930s

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A 10-lesson unit takes young historians through a study of The Great Depression and life in the 1930s. The crash of the stock market, the Dust Bowl, unemployment, and mass migration west are all addressed through the analysis of primary source documents. By the end of the unit, a class timeline is created highlighting the key events from this period of American history.

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the stock market crash of 1929, the great depression, black tuesday, the 1930s, the dust bowl

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stock market crash, 1930s america

Pros

  • Includes links to rich sets of primary source documents from the Library of Congress

Cons

  • Some of the provided links are no longer available, but alternative resources can be substituted in their place

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