Week 16

Monday- Today you are going to be studying photographs from the Depression. You are to choose 1 photograph from each category, complete the following chart, and answer questions 1-5 for each photograph you choose. Be sure to examine all of the photographs and choose the one from each category which you feel best reflects the Great Depression. You will analyze a total of 5 pictures and answer questions 1-5 for each. (A-25) History Social Science Standard 11.6.3

    1.    Describe what is happening in this picture?

   2.    If there are people in your photo:

    How are these people dressed?

    What can you infer from the expression on their faces and their posture.

         If there are no people in your photo:

     Describe the condition of any man-made objects in the photo.

    What could  have led to these circumstances?

    3.    What personal or societal problems are suggested by this image?

    4.    Excluding money, how could this situation be improved?

    5.    What is unique about this image that the photographer wanted to capture?

Refugees

• Depression refugee family from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dorothea Lange
• Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway, Dorothea Lange
• Son of depression refugee from Oklahoma now in California, Dorothea Lange

Houses

• The only home of a depression-routed family of nine from Iowa, Dorothea Lange
• Shanty built of refuse near the Sunnyside slack pile, Herrin, Illinois, Arthur Rothstein
• Tenement kitchen, Hamilton Co., Ohio, (boy and girl), Carl Maydans
• Tenement kitchen, Hamilton Co. Ohio, (family), Carl Maydans

Hooverville

• Dweller in Circleville's "Hooverville," central Ohio, (man and house), Ben Shahn
• Dwellers in Circleville's "Hooverville," central Ohio, Ben Shahn
• Dwellers in Circleville's "Hooverville," central Ohio, (Man in doorway), Ben Shahn
• William A. Swift, once a farmer, now a resident of Circleville's "Hooverville", Ben Shahn
• Young boy in Hooverville, Ben Shahn

Men's dormitory

• Corner of dormitory, Russell Lee
• Corner of dormitory, homeless men's bureau, Sioux City, Iowa, Russell Lee
• Men's dormitory at night at the homelessmen's bureau, Sioux City, Iowa, Russell Lee

WPA (Works Progress Administration)

• Children of ex-farmer who is now working on WPA, central Ohio, Ben Shahn
• Ex-farmer and child, now on WPA, central Ohio, Ben Shahn
• Ex-farmer and children, now on WPA, central Ohio, Ben Shahn
• Wife of WPA worker, Charlestown West Virginia, Marion Post Wolcott

Read pages 504-516 and 529-533. Answer questions1-5, 10, 11-14,and 19-20 on page 536. This is due to me by Friday.  (T-24)

Tuesday-   To help you gain a better understanding of Roosevelt, I will do two 15 minute lectures. The first will be on Roosevelt and the New Deal. The second will be on the reaction to the New Deal. Be sure to take notes on both of these lectures and bring them with you to class each day.  You will need the information from both of these lectures to write an in class essay on Lab Day next week. History Social Science Standard 11.6.4

Lab Day- We will start today with a short quiz based on the lectures from Tuesday. Then we will listen to and analyze 8 songs from the Depression. We will also focus on the Dust Bowl. Your chapter assignment is due tomorrow.

Friday-  Today we will be studying an extremely controversial topic. It is known as Roosevelt's attempt to "pack the Supreme Court". Read the Separation of Powers article and answer the following questions.  (A-15) History Social Science Standard 11.6.4

1. How many Justices does FDR want to add to the Supreme Court?

2. If Roosevelt is allowed to add Justices to the Supreme Court, what does Gannett believe will happen to the balance of power in the United States?

3. If additional Justices are needed on the Supreme Court, how does Gannett believe they should be added?

4. Why must the absolute independence and integrity of the Supreme Court never be in doubt?

5. What is the Constitutional issue that is presented by Gannett? Why is it so controversial?

6. Throughout this course we have seen examples where one branch of government has abused its authority at the expense of the people. Cite one example from first semester and explain how the rights of the people were violated.