CP+Quach,+Christina

=Unit Cover Page=


 * Unit Title: The Depression and New Deal Grade Level(s):**
 * Subject/Topic Area(s): Social Studies**
 * Key Words: Depression, New Deal, Franklin D. Roosevelt**
 * Designed by: Christina L Quach Time Frame:**
 * School District: RSU 9 School: Mt. Blue High School**

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 * =Brief Summary of Unit= ||
 * Students will learn about the period between 1929-1941, the Depression and New Deal. Students will be able to make informed decisions about the present and future by studying what led to the Depression and the affects of the New Deal initiatives on America. They will also be more capable of pulling apart the Constitution and see where the federal government and state governments have authority to make specific changes. Learning terminology from the Depression and New Deal Era will help students compare a time of severe economic instability to recessions in their lifetimes. By taking on the role of officials like Franklin D. Roosevelt, students will be have an empathetic view of the thinking behind New Deal initiatives and better understand why they were put in place. Students will be assessed throughout their lessons to ensure that they are on track to reaching their goals of content knowledge and understanding. By creating iMovies, blogs, wikispaces, podcasts, googledoc surveys, and online scrapbooks, students will have applied their understandings in a way that further demonstrates their understandings while bringing out their creativity. Students will also be given the opportunity to use their creativity to think out of the box.