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Great Depression Created by Amanda I. Beck Social Studies- 5th Grade

Standards: 5.2.1 Describe the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy b. Describe economic issues of the 1920's and 1930's

TTW activate prior knowledge by asking students to recall what they have read about the growth of the United States prior to the 1920s, how mass media helped make athletes and pilots popular in the 1920s, and how working life changed for women in the 1920s.

View animoto video of Great Depression pictures. [] TSW discuss the similarities and differences in the photos.

TSW read selected sections from the textbook (pgs 320-326.) TSW create HOT questions regarding the content of the text. Students will answer questions generated by partner.
 * TSW use Kidspiration to create a cause/effect chart explaining the effects of the Great Depression. ||