1. A look at the 1930s
Students will understand the life of most Americans during the 1930s (including terms like Great Depression, Dust Bowl, Black Tuesday, etc). Students will compare and analyze this information to TKAM and how life is changed by these elements of the time period.

2. STUDENT TASK
Watch the video on the next slide and answer the questions once it is over.
Questions will be presented after the video.
Please write the topic down in your journal and then answer each question under the topic.
You do not have to rewrite the question in your answer.
Make sure to use complete sentences.
Pay attention so you can answer the questions. Any unanswered questions will result in a deduction of points.

3. Topic #1: The Great Depression
topics/1929-stock- market-crash

4. The Great Depression Questions
What were people doing in the 1920s that they really didn’t have money to do?
What did the banks do that was a huge problem once the stock market crashed?
What did people do that caused the a “bank-run”?

5. Topic: The Dust Bowl
watch?v=guTek7ipD4U

6. The Dust Bowl Questions
1) What was life like for those living in the Dust Bowl? 2) How would people protect themselves from the dust? (Remember these dust clouds could be almost 200 miles long!)