1. Hard Times: The Great Depression
in Mississippi

2. Bell Ringer
Which New Deal agency built dams that provided hydroelectricity to seven states?
a. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
b. Agricultural Adjustment Act
c. Federal Electric Program
d. Tennessee Valley Authority

3. Objective:
Students will understand the importance of how geography, history, and politics affect the economic life of Mississippi from the past to the present. a. Identify and analyze the how the New Deal Programs affected the economic development of Mississippi. (DOK 3) c. Explain the reasons why Mississippi became more industrialized in the mid-20th century ( A result of the Great Depression and New Deal Programs). (DOK 1)

4. The Great Depression in the United States

5. Hard Times in Mississippi
“ Honey, I was poor before the great Depression I was poor during the Great Depression, I was poor after the Great Depression.”
Lula Garrison
“We looked at people in the country as being rich-they had all the food they could eat. Every now and then we would go to visit to eat.”
Anne O’Connell

6. How will America and Mississippi Survive?
What programs helped Mississippians?

7. WPA Projects

9. TVA
Construction of Pickwick Dam in the 1930s.

10. How did these programs help Mississippi ?
Pair-share to analyze group materials.
Use primary source materials to research New Deal Programs.
As a pair analyze the documents.
Choose one letter to respond to.
You will become Senator Colmer,write a letter to your constituent.