The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, DC. The cloak apparently is meant to conceal his wheelchair. Photo taken in 2010.
Hi everyone,
It's that time again - we are nearing the end of the combined Roaring 20s/Great Depression units and thus, the Documents Based Question (DBQ). Here's what happened in class today:
It's that time again - we are nearing the end of the combined Roaring 20s/Great Depression units and thus, the Documents Based Question (DBQ). Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 8: I can identify how technological knowledge and innovation shapes a society, place, or region.
Critical Thinking LT 5: I can justify and support arguments or interpretation with appropriate evidence.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
AGENDA 3/7/19:
News Brief - Josiah
FDR
Impact of New Deal
DBQ Analysis
News Brief: Josiah had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: TheGuardian.com - 'We want to live with them': wolves airdropped into US to tackle moose problem. After discussing the story, we also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.
Gabe was assigned to do the next news brief.
As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Gabe was assigned to do the next news brief.
As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
FDR: To continue our look at the Great Depression, I showed this video profile of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), who had an enormous impact on America:
Hopefully this helped in understanding who FDR was and what was happening during his tenure as president (the longest tenure in United States history - he is the only President to be elected 4 (or 3!) times)!
Impact of the New Deal: The "New Deal" is a name for a variety of government programs and agencies created under FDR to help combat the Great Depression. Last class, we learned about some of them via this note sheet:
Students worked with groups on each of the programs, then we went through them all last class. Today, students took notes (though I gave most of them in a pre-printed format) on this presentation:
Here's the notesheet that I passed out in class (hopefully a welcome relief for many students, as we have taken a fair amount of notes during this unit):
Hopefully this is all making sense in terms of what the New Deal was and how it tried to improve the economy.
DBQ Analysis: That's right! For the rest of class, we began analyzing documents that will be used in the DBQ next week. The documents (also available on Google Classroom) are here:
The first page of the linked document was passed out as a physical copy in class. Students were split into groups to help with the document analysis and collaborated together to look at the Origin, Purpose, Value, and Limitation of each, as well as how/if it impacted the Great Depression.
Here's the schedule for the DBQ the next few classes:
Monday, March 11 - Culture of 1930s notes. Finish analyzing documents together.
Wednesday, March 13 - Organize DBQ essay response structure in class.
Friday, March 15 - Write and submit DBQ essay in class. Use of all notes/activities from the 1920s and Great Depression units is allowed!
Thanks, everyone! I'm looking forward to working with you all on this the next few classes!
Jackson Perez, homework complete
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