Week Of December 1st-December 5th
Monday- Today's on line assignment: Examine these stamps from the 1920's and answer the questions. Submit your answers to me through Safe Assign by 7:00 am Tuesday. (24E-20)
Tuesday- Listen to the lecture on Life in the 1920's and answer the critical thinking questions.(25E-18) E-mail your answers to me by 7:00 am on Lab Day. History Social Science Standard 11.5.3 & 11.5.4 & 11.5.6 & 11.5.7
On Lab Day, you will have unit 5 exam on the 1920's.I strongly suggest that you use this Twenties Study Guide to prepare for for your exam.
Lab Day- You will begin the day by taking your unit 5 exam on the decade of the 1920's. Then, I will introduce the Stock Market Crash and finally we will do a lecture on The Coming Of The Depression. History Social Science Standard 11.6.1 & 11.6.2
In order to gain some background, read Chapter 14 of your text, pages 482- 499 and answer the attached questions. (7T-40) Bring a hard copy to class next Thursday
Friday- 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. Submit your answers to me
through Safe Assign by 7:00
am Tuesday. (26E-25) History Social Science Standard 11.6.3
| Title of photograph: | |
| Name of photographer: |
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 |
Answer the questions and don't forget to Submit it to me through Safe Assign by 7:00 am Tuesday.