The Great Depression and the New Deal (Teaching With Documents)

The five exercises of this teaching unit are designed to supplement your students' study of the 1930's by introducing them to the process by which history is written. "The Great Depression and The New Deal"includes a booklet containing a teachers guide, a set of reproductions of original documents, and a CD-ROM containing exercise worksheets, digital images of original documents, and sound recordings. Students will study primary sources including personal letters, official forms, newspaper clippings, photographs, and sound recordings drawn from records created during that period. They will gain a sense of the pleasure one derives from this creative process, as well as its limitations, as they practice the historian's skills and learn how those skills can be useful in their daily lives. Primary source materials are related to two states Iowa, whose character is basically rural, and Ohio, largely urban and industrial. Students will gain a sense of the impact of the New Deal on the nation by observing its role in these two states, which were typical of many across the country. Other units comprising the "Teaching With Documents "series are: "The Constitution: Evolution of a Government The Bill of Rights: Evolution of Personal Liberties The United States Expands West: 1785-1842 Westward Expansion: 1842-1912 The Civil War: Soldiers and Civilians The Progressive Years: 1898-1917 World War I: The Home Front The 1920's World War II: The Home Front The United States At War: 1944 The Truman Years: 1945-1953 Peace and Prosperity: 1953-1961""

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576077861
• ISBN13: 9781576077863
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 124 Pages
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.5" x 8.5"