social studies · Grade 11
US History: The Great Depression & FDR's New Deal
Analyze economic causes of the 1929 collapse, banking panics, Dust Bowl migration, and President Roosevelt's Relief, Recovery, and Reform programs.
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Learning goals
- Identify underlying structural vulnerabilities that triggered the 1929 stock market crash and banking collapse
- Evaluate Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs categorized by the Three R's: Relief, Recovery, and Reform
- Analyze the lasting constitutional and economic expansion of federal executive authority and the social safety net
Before you begin
Read a historical timeline and distinguish economic conditions from policy responses.
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Practice previewUS History: The Great Depression & FDR's New Deal
Practice · Independent · 15 min
Analyze economic causes of the 1929 collapse, banking panics, Dust Bowl migration, and President Roosevelt's Relief, Recovery, and Reform programs.
Teaching and response guide
- Model the target skill: identify underlying structural vulnerabilities that triggered the 1929 stock market crash and banking collapse. Use the first task as a guided example before asking for an independent response.
- Check readiness first: Read a historical timeline and distinguish economic conditions from policy responses.
- Discuss an incorrect response using this distinction: A policy's intention and its measured outcome are different; the New Deal included multiple programs with different roles.
Watch for: A policy's intention and its measured outcome are different; the New Deal included multiple programs with different roles.
Check the answer criteria for each task. A supported explanation may have more than one acceptable response. These activities offer evidence to discuss; completing a sheet alone does not establish mastery.