Teacher:
Melissa Viola
Course:
US History
Grade
Level: 11
Dates
of Lesson:
Introduction to the Great
Depression
I.
Lesson
Objectives:
1)
Students
will understand the causes of the Great Depression and be able to fill out a
graphic organizer stating those causes.
2)
Students
will view images of the problems of the Great Depression and be able to
identify a problem of the Great Depression and evaluate the cause of that
problem.
II.
Lesson
Context:
This
lesson is at the start of the unit focusing on the Great Depression and the
government response to the crisis it represented. This lesson aims to situate
students in the context of the Great Depression in its’ beginnings. Students
will learn about the causes of the Great Depression, as well as the problems
and effects of the economic crisis. This lesson will employ several different
instructional strategies and mediums to help students understand the context of
the Great Depression. Students will be formatively assessed through a ticket
out the door and will be assessed summatively in their project comparing and
contrasting a current crisis with the Great Depression.
III.
Standards:
New
York State Standards:
Standard
1: Key Idea 3: Study about the major social, political, economic, cultural, and
religious developments in New York State and United States history involves
learning about the important roles and contributions of individuals and groups.
3.3: research and analyze the major
themes and developments in New York State and
United States history (e.g.,
colonization and settlement; Revolution and New National
Period; immigration; expansion
and reform era; Civil War and Reconstruction; The American labor movement;
Great Depression; World Wars; contemporary United States)
Standard 4: Key Idea 1: The study
of economics requires an understanding of major economic concepts and systems,
the principles of economic decision making, and the interdependence of
economies and economic systems throughout the world.
1.1: define and apply basic
economic concepts such as scarcity, supply/demand, opportunity costs,
production, resources, money and banking, economic growth, markets, costs,
competition, and world economic systems
Common Core Standards:
Reading Standards for Literacy in
History/Social Studies 6-12:
Integration
of Knowledge and Ideas:
7.
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse
formats and media
in order to address a question or
solve a problem.
IV.
Materials:
·
Images
for gallery walk
·
Gallery
walk inventories
·
SmartBoard
Lesson for Cause of the Great Depression
·
SmartBoard
·
Computer
·
Pens/pencils
·
Graphic
Organizer for Causes of the Great Depression
·
Index
Cards
·
Timer
·
Popsicle
sticks
V.
Anticipatory
Set/The Hook
The
hook to this lesson and the unit as a whole will be a gallery walk, in which
students will view images showing the problems of the Great Depression. Music,
such as Bing Crosby’s “Brother, can you spare a dime?” will also be playing in
the background of the Gallery Walk and will be discussed during the SmartBoard
lesson. Each image will display a problem and will be connected with a cause
during the SmartBoard lesson. Each image will also contain a title and some
context to help students understand what they are looking at. Students will
move around the room in groups of 2-3 students and view the image and then
write down (1) what they see, (2) what problem it relates to, (3) what they
think of the image. Students will have about 15 minutes to complete this task.
Step By Step:
-Desks will already be in groups of
2-3, and these will be the gallery walk groups.
-When students come in, pass them a
Gallery Walk Inventory Sheet.
-Teacher will explain directions for
walking around the room (spend 3 minutes at each
image and write down answers to
three questions)
-Teacher gives desk groups a number,
and students in each desk group will go to that
number image.
-Teacher will set timer for 15
minutes, and rotate students every 3 minutes.
VI.
Procedures:
1)
After
the gallery walk, students will go back to their seats and the whole class will
be led through a SmartBoard lesson discussing the causes of the Great
Depression and the problems it is related to. Students will come up to the
board and “match” the image with the problem and put a cause for the title of
the slide. Students will fill out a graphic organizer during the lesson to
describe the causes of the Great Depression. This will take about 20 minutes.
Step By Step:
-Teacher will explain
that images will help us understand causes of Great Depression.
-Teacher will pull Popsicle
sticks to call on students to come up and match the correct
image to its’ problem and choose a title for
the slide.
-Students will record
information from slide on graphic organizer and teacher will
provide background and context.
VII.
Conclusions:
2)
The
end of the lesson will conclude with a 3,2,1 ticket out the door. Students will
write down (3) causes of the Great Depression, (2) problems of the Great
Depression, and (1) opinion of the lesson. These will be used as a formative
assessment to make sure students grasp the causes of the Great Depression and
how they caused several problems for people during the 1930’s. If students do
not understand these topics, the teacher will provide reinstruction in the next
lesson.
VIII.
Assessment:
·
3,2,1
ticket out the door
IX.
Differentiation
This
lesson is differentiated in terms of readiness and learning style. Students
that are kinesthetic learners will have the chance to move around the room
during the Gallery Walk and move text boxes during the SmartBoard lesson.
Students who are visual learners will have images in both the gallery walk and
in the SmartBoard lesson, and be able to use graphic organizers during the
SmartBoard lesson. Students who are audio learners will find the music during
the gallery walk helpful. And there is collaboration throughout the lesson for
students who learn best socially. There will be a formative assessment at the end of the lesson to target
students who are not ready to move on, and those students will have a small
group direct instruction to reteach the materials directly.
