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US HISTORY:
The Depression
TEKS:
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Chapter 113.32(c)
(2) History
(B) analyze economic issues such as farm issues
(9) Geography
(A) analyze the effects of physical and human geographic factors
on major events
(11) Geography
(A) identify the effects of population growth and distribution
on the physical environment
(13) Economics
(C) analyze the effects of the Great Depression on the U.S. economy
and government
(D) evaluate the effectiveness of New Deal measures in ending
the Great Depression
(20) Culture
(A) describe how the characteristics and issues of various eras
in U.S. history have been reflected in works of art
(C) identify examples of American art that transcend American
culture and convey universal themes
(24) Social studies skills
(D) use the process of historical inquiry to research, interpret,
and multiple sources of evidence
(F) identify bias in written and visual material
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OBJECTIVE:
Students
will discover the causes and effects of the Dust Bowl on Great Plains
farmers.
Students will utilize photographs
to analyze and evaluate documents.
MATERIALS:
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DISCUSSION:
Students should view photographs
after they have read and discussed the Dust Bowl. After they have viewed
the photographs, they should read articles from the resource section,
and then study the photographs again.
After viewing photographs for
first time, discuss the following questions:
- How does this photograph affect
you?
- Why were these farmers now
migrants?
- What led to their loss of
farm?
- Why did the photographers
use these subjects in such a way?
- What government programs were
established to help farmers? Which ones were successful?
ASSIGNMENT:
After reading articles and conducting
research, students should prepare an an investigative report on the
effects of the Dust Bowl, using written sources as well as other photographs.
RESOURCES:
Publications:
Allen, Frederick Allen.
Since Yesterday. New York: Bantam Books, 1939.
Curtis, James. Mind's
Eye, Mind's Truth. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 1989.
Davidson, James West and
Lytle, Mark Hamilton. After the Fact, 2nd ed. Vol. II, New York:
Knopf, 1986.
Hurley, F. Jack . Russell
Lee, Photographer. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1978.
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