1. DO NOW Describe each of these visuals. What themes connect them?
Describe the setting or era in U.S. history that you think produced these images.
Could these pictures be applied to our society today in our current economic recession?

2. DO NOW: Listen to “This Land is Your Land” and Answer Questions
*** Focused Free Writing: Answer the following questions in thoughtful, complete sentences:
1. As you listen to the 2 versions of “This Land is Your Land”, write how each makes you feel.
SONG A “Peter Paul and Mary”
SONG B “Bruce Springsteen”
2. Using at least 3 vocabulary words and in 2-3 sentences, describe how “This Land is Your Land” represents America during the Great Depression.
3. Do you think this is an overall positive or negative song and why?
4. Can you apply this song to our society today? If so, explain how.
SELF ASSESS/ PEER ASSESS ( - )

3. DO NOW
COPY SSUSH 18 Breakdown on the Board

4. SSUSH18 The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal as a response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need

5. What was the New Deal?
A comprehensive series of social & economic programs enacted during the Great Depression by the FDR Administration
Relief, Recovery, Reform

6. Group Discussion Explain what the New Deal is
Explain why the New Deal was needed

7. a. Describe the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority as a works program and as an effort to control the environment

8. In 1933 the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was created as part of Roosevelt’s New Deal to control floods and bring electricity to rural America
The TVA generated over 40,000 jobs building dams, power plants, roads and miles of wiring
What do workers do with
the money they earn?
How could the TVA help
the economy?

9. Group Discussion What is the Tennessee Valley Authority
How did the TVA help the rural south?

10. b. Explain the Wagner Act and the rise of industrial unionism
The Wagner Act gave workers more power through the right to form unions
Formed in 1935 the Wagner Act:
guaranteed workers the right to unionize
allowed for collective bargaining
allowed for binding arbitration
formed the National Labor Relations Board to monitor labor issues

11. Group Discussion What is the Wagner Act?
How does this act differ from how the government treated labor relations before the Great Depression?
Why do you think the Wagner Act was important after the Great Depression and during the New Deal?

12. c. Explain the passage of the Social Security Act as a part of the second New Deal
After two years of New Deal programs, the American economy showed little sign of recovery
To try and speed up the recovery process, Roosevelt launched his second New Deal

13. Passed in 1935 the Social Security Act provided :
retirement benefits
unemployment insurance
welfare payments to the needy

14. Group Discussion What is the Social Security Act of 1935?
Do you see the Social Security Act of 1935 still at work in our society today?
Does it help or hurt our society today?

15. DO NOW Get out your webquests Answer the following questions in notes:
What are the 3 R’s and what do they apply to? Name a New Deal Agency for each R.
What was the New Deal?
What were the differences in Hoover’s and FDR’s response to the economic depression of the 1930’s?
What were some liberal criticisms of the New Deal?

16. d. Identify Eleanor Roosevelt as a symbol of social progress and women’s activism
Eleanor Roosevelt spoke to many women and African American groups and relayed their plight to the President
Though little progress in race relations was made, Eleanor helped promote minority and women’s rights
She was the eyes and ears for FDR.

17. Group Discussion
IN what ways do you think Eleanor Roosevelt influenced FDR?

18. e. Identify the political challenges to Roosevelt’s domestic and international leadership; include the role of Huey Long, the “court packing bill,” and the Neutrality Act
Roosevelt’s New Deal Programs had opponents including Huey Long, a Senator from Louisiana
Started “Share the Wealth” clubs believing that the government should take money from the rich and give it to the poor
Wanted to run for President
Was assassinated 1935

19. Group Discussion How was Huey Long more radical than FDR?
What are the differences in FDR’s New Deal and Huey Long’s “Share the Wealth” programs?

20. Court Packing
The Supreme Court had struck down several of Roosevelt’s programs declaring them unconstitutional
In an attempt to control the Supreme Court, Roosevelt sent Congress a bill which would allow him to increase the number of justices on the court
This would allow Roosevelt to appoint justices who were “friendly” towards his New Deal policies

21. Court Packing
After much protest by Congress and many Americans, the bill was killed in the Senate
Roosevelt over estimated his power

22. Group Discussion Why did FDR need to “pack the court”?
What “court” are we referring to?
What happened to the “court packing bill”?

23. Neutrality Act
As not only the U.S., but the world struggled to emerge from the economic depression, military dictators in several countries began to gain power (Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia).
Worried that the U.S. would be drawn into another European war, Congress passed the Neutrality Act which made it illegal for Americans to sell weapons to any country at war and that goods purchased from the U.S. had to be paid in cash and transported on non U.S. ships
Why would Congress insist
on goods being transported
on non U.S. ships?

24. Group Discussion
Why did the US need a neutrality act after the Great Depression?

25. CLOSING = QUIZ

26. QUIZ 1. Who created the New Deal progam? A. Huey Long B. FDR
C. Eleanor Roosevelt
D. Congress

27. 2. This program gave jobs to people in the rural south while also spreading electricity to the region:
A. court packing bill
B. Social Security Act of 1935
C. Tennessee Valley Authority
D. Neutrality Act

28. 3. This helped workers gain more rights in the workplace after the Great Depression:
A. Tennessee Valley Authority
B. Neutrality Act
C. Social Security Act of 1935
D. Wagner Act

29. 4. This person spoke out for the rights of African Americans and women during the New Deal era:
A. Eleanor Roosevelt
B. FDR
C. Huey Long
D. Congress

30. 5. This person thought that the New Deal was not radical enough and called for a “take from the rich, give to the poor” approach:
A. FDR
B. Eleanor Roosevelt
C. Huey Long
D. Congress

31. 6. Explain how the role of government changed under Franklin D
6. Explain how the role of government changed under Franklin D. Roosevelt.