1. The Roaring ‘20s
America in the 1920s

2. Bellringer
If a period is roaring, what is going on?

3. The Roaring ‘20s Economic boom for some Depression for most
Effect of WWI
Depression for most
Image of “Roaring”
Advertisement
“Buy Now, Pay Later”
Installments/Credit
Flappers
Harlem Renaissance
Jazz Age
Film

4. Project Overview and expectations Work Assessment
Write a well developed essay comparing two of the people studied (other than the two you focused on). Explain the significance of the people; make sure to discuss the impact they had on American society.

5. Bellringer Read Activity 30.1 and answer the following question:
Why does the U.S. go from the Roaring ‘20s to the Great Depression?
Distribution of Occupation Cards…do NOT reveal your occupation to one another.

6. The 1920s revisited Housing and Auto sales Installment plans
Created new jobs
Multiplier effect
Furniture
Appliances
Roads
Stand up when your occupation appears:
Machinery Producing Industry
Car Sales
Autoworkers
Steelworkers
Housing Construction Workers
Furniture Sellers
Furniture Workers
Clothing Salespeople
Restaurant Workers
Grocery Store Workers

7. The Great Depression In groups, answer the questions on Activity 30.3
July 1929
Typical business cycle
Recession
See Visual 30.1
Why does it get worse?
Stock prices (value of company) falls
Banks fail – Visual 30.2
Why?
Money supply falls – Visual 30.3
Effect?
In groups, answer the questions on Activity 30.3
Discuss

8. Assessment
Explain how falling demand for goods, especially durable goods, may lead to an economic depression. Also explain how an economy in depression might recover over time.

9. Life during the Depression
What would you do if tomorrow you lost everything you owned?

10. Life during the Depression
High Unemployment
Hobos
Hoovervilles
Shanty towns
Response from President Hoover
Soup Kitchens and bread lines

11. Life During the Depression
Go to the following website:
Select a 2 photos and complete a Primary Source Analysis Tool form for each
Select a life history and complete a Primary Source Analysis tool form
What do these documents tell us about life during the Great Depression? Provide 4-5 specific pieces of evidence from the sources

12. The Great Depression President Hoover’s response Election of 1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fireside Chats
The New Deal
Restore and regulate economy
Ease suffering and reduce unemployment

13. The First (1933) and Second (1935)New Deals
Step 1: Research major pieces of New Deal legislation. BRIEFLY summarize 5-6 pieces such as the CCC, NRA, and the TVA.
Step 2: Which programs/legislation might have helped the people in the photographs and the life history you read? Why? How?

14. Assessment Go to the following link:
No length requirement. Grades will be based upon the content fulfilling the assignment and its questions.
Proofread for mechanics/grammar

15. The Role of Gov’t
Huey Long
What’s he saying?
Father Charles Coughlin
New Deal legislation
Unconstitutional – meaning?
Checks and Balances
Roosevelt’s Plan
Fireside Chat
March 1937
Handout
Constitutional? Article III
What is FDR proposing? What is this “court packing plan”?
Is this allowed in Article III of the U.S. Constitution?
Who appoints the justices?
How would this effect FDR’s power? The supreme court? The New Deal legislation?

16. Court-Packing What do you observe?
What additional information do you need?
What is the meaning? What is it saying about FDR’s court packing plan?

17. With a neighbor, your Turn…

18. On your own… What do you observe? What symbolism do you see?
What additional information do you require?
What is this saying about FDR’s court packing plan?
(Turned in for a grade)

19. What is the legacy of FDR’s New Deal??