Today's Agenda

Learning Target:
I can explain the causes of the Great Depression, & I can describe its effects on ordinary Americans.

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:

1. Background Question: What do you want to know about the Great Depression. Write three questions.
2. Citizenship Question: What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? 
   1. to vote 
   2. jury trial 
   3. free speech 
   4. to bear arms
3. Guided Instruction: The Causes of the Great Depression
4. Individual Learning: Analyzing the Great Depression
5. Reflection Question: Play U.S. Citizenship Kahoot #2.

Homework: The Great Depression

​Tentative Test Date: March 29