Learning Target:
I can describe the government's response to the Great Depression, & I can evaluate its effects on the nation.
Critical Vocabulary: Recession, Isolationism, Interventionism, Frederick W. Taylor, “Return to Normalcy,” Warren G. Harding, Albert Fall, Teapot Dome Scandal, "Ohio Gang," John Maynard Keynes, Calvin Coolidge, American Legion, Kellogg-Briand Pact, Dawes Plan of 1924, Herbert Hoover, Al Smith, Stock Market Crash of 1929, Speculation, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, Bonus Army, Election of 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Brain Trust," New Deal, Bank Holiday, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, "Fireside Chats," “Relief, Recovery, and Reform,” Unemployment Relief Act, Civilian Conservation Corps, Federal Emergency Relief Act, Civil Works Administration, Agricultural Adjustment Act, Butler v. U.S., Dust Bowl, Twenty-first Amendment, Securities and Exchange Commission, Tennessee Valley Authority, Federal Housing Administration, National Recovery Administration, Public Works Administration, Works Progress Administration, Wagner Act, National Labor Relations Board, Social Security Act of 1935, Father Charles Coughlin, Senator Huey Long, "Share Our Wealth," Dr. Francis Townsend, American Liberty League, Alfred Landon, Twentieth Amendment, “Court-Packing” Scheme, Fair Labor Standards Act
Today's Agenda:
- Background Question: Complete the Unit 6 Vocabulary Activity.
- Citizenship Question: What is freedom of religion?
- Religious leaders are exempt from the law.
- States may choose a religion for the people.
- Religious institutions do not have to pay taxes.
- People may or may not choose to practice a religion.
- Guided Instruction: Hoover's Response
- Individual Learning: Blackout Poems Activity
- Reflection Question: Play U.S. Citizenship Kahoot #3.
Homework: The New Deal
Tentative Test Date: March 29
