Lesson on Monday, April 2, 2018

Aim: What new roles did the American government take on during the New Deal, and how did these roles shape the economy and society?

Bell Ringer: Review Journals 128 and 129

Agenda: 

1. Continuity and Change over Time: The Social Security Act illustrates the legacy of the New Deal. You should recognize that the Social Security program was a major change that shifted responsibility for the elderly to the government. 

2. WPA art was used to decorate public places such as post offices and government buildings, and New Deal commissioned art can be located in almost all major cities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG4fqOaoRKs (30 min)

3. Supreme Court fights are an example of how conservatives sought to limit the scope of the New Deal. When the Court-packing plan was rejected by Congress, it marked the beginning of the end of the New Deal coalition.

4. It is important to recognize that the New Deal did not completely solve the economic problems of the depression, but it did set in motion a profound change in the relationship between American citizens and the government.

5. The failure of the AAA to help black sharecroppers would contribute to African American migration out of the rural South during the Great Depression. Students should understand how the economic problems of the Great Depression, along with the wartime production needs of World Wars I and II, contributed to a "Great Migration."

6. YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEW DEAL IN U.S. HISTORY

7. Exam Alert: The 2003 AP exam included a question that asked students to examine how successful New Deal measures were in ending the Great Depression, as well as how the role of the federal government changed in response  to the economic  crises. 

3. Review "Thinking Like a Historian 23" and collect. (1Lab)

4. Great Depression BP and New Deal Venn Diagram (discuss and collect)

5. Chapter 23 Vocabulary Quiz

6. Collect Chapter 23 IDs


Home Learning: 

1. Read pages 766-773

2. Journal 130 - What motivated Japanese, Italian, and German expansion? 

3. Journal 131 - How did Roosevelt use the Four Freedoms speech and the Atlantic Charter to define the war for Americans? 

4. Journals 121-130 will be graded tomorrow.