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Using PowerPoint in Your Lessons

Using PowerPoint in Your Lessons. A sample for a lesson on the Great Depression By Fred Fisher and Art Fortin. Aim: How Did the Great Depression Affect Americans During the 1930’s?. The Great Depression of the 1930’s. Have you ever been. Depressed ?. How did you feel?. What Is Depression?.

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Using PowerPoint in Your Lessons

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  1. Using PowerPoint in Your Lessons A sample for a lesson on the Great Depression By Fred Fisher and Art Fortin

  2. Aim: How Did the Great Depression Affect Americans During the 1930’s?

  3. The Great Depression of the 1930’s

  4. Have you ever been Depressed? How did you feel?

  5. What Is Depression? • Is it just sadness? • Is it an illness? • Is it common?

  6. What Causes Depression in People? • Loss of Friends • Death • Illness • Loss of income- job • Missed opportunities • A feeling of a loss of control over one’s future Which of these do you think is the most important?

  7. A Definition of Depression Write your own definition of the word “depression”

  8. The Great Depression of the 1930’s Dictionary • de·pres·sionn. • The act of depressing. • The condition of being depressed. • An area that is sunk below its surroundings; a hollow. • The condition of feeling sad or despondent.

  9. Depression • Psychology. A psychiatric disorder characterized by an inability to concentrate, insomnia, loss of appetite, anaerobia, feelings of extreme sadness, guilt, helplessness and hopelessness, and thoughts of death. Also called clinical depression. • A reduction in activity or force. • A reduction in physiological vigor or activity: a depression in respiration. • A lowering in amount, degree, or position. • Economics. A period of drastic decline in a national or international economy, characterized by decreasing business activity, falling prices, and unemployment. • Meteorology. A region of low barometric pressure. • The angular distance below the horizontal plane through the point of observation. • Astronomy. The angular distance of a celestial body below the horizon.

  10. Depression How does this definition compare to you definition of “depression?” Why are there many definitions of this word?

  11. List evidence of “Depression” that you can find in these photographs 1: 2 3:

  12. WEST VIRGINIA 1934 1: 2: 3:

  13. BONUS MARCH ON WASHINGTON DC 1: 2: 3:

  14. OKLAHOMA 1936 1: 2

  15. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STATISITCS 1: 2:

  16. ROUTE 66 TO CALIFORNIA 1: 2:

  17. GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT 1: 2:

  18. ARKANSAS 1936 1: 2:

  19. Soup Kitchen 1935 1: 2:

  20. LITHOGRAPH FROM THE DEWITT CLINTON H.S. LITERARY MAGAZINE 1938 1: 2:

  21. Let’s sing along: “Brother Can You Spare A Dime” http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/cherries.html List Evidence for the The Great Depression in songs 1: 2:

  22. An Oral History of the Great Depression http://www.mcsc.k12.in.us/mhs/social/madedo/oralhist/ Gather Evidence for the PROBLEMS in the GREAT DEPRESSION from this website

  23. Look at Images of the Great Depression”on the Hyperlink Click on “words”and gather evidence of the the era http://204.244.141.13/writ_den/h15/direct.htm

  24. GATHERING THE EVIDENCE Of Causes Of The Great Depression Search Through The Images On The Website Below. Write down evidence that you glean from the images shown http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm

  25. INSTRUCTIONS: We will now go to the website below and 1: Identify a social problem 2: Choose a THEME 3: Delineate a time period http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/ppa/usppaip2.html

  26. Instructions: From the websites below, determine additional causes for the Great Depression: http://www.geocities.com/tthhoomas/p2.htm http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/ppa/usppadc1.html

  27. To Sum Up • How were the causes of depression we discussed like those of the Great Depression? • What causes of the Great Depression have we been able to find? [ Let’s make a class list] • Were some of these causes more important than others? [Let’s rank the causes- Be sure to be able to give reasons for your choices] From this list we can now consider public policy solutions

  28. Your Homework • Your task is to develop a Public Policyusing the TIPS website that the government could follow to reduce effects of the depression on Americans. • Be sure to address the causes of the depression we have discussed. • Consider how realistic your policies are- could they be put into practice in the U.S. of the 1930’s?

  29. Follow-up Lesson Suggestions: • Class debate on policies developed by students • Students debate the order of importance for causes of the Depression • PowerPoint of New Deal programs and policies- students make comparisons to their policies • Use AHPPA to evaluate the New Deal Programs

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