New Deal Debate + Stories from the Great Depression

Today the Gr8s:

• Debated brilliantly the question, "Was the New Deal effective in dealing with the Great Depression?"
• It was students vs. teacher, as both students wanted to defend the New Deal.
• The teacher was barely able to hold his own against the well-prepared, cogently argued case presented and defended by the students. (Some might say he was not even able to hold his own.)
• Read and analyzed Stories from the Great Depression found on The Frugal Farmer blog

Assignment for Friday

1. Finish reading the Stories from the Great Depression. The reading shows a variety of experiences, both favorable and unfavorable.
2. Make a table showing ways in which the Great Depression was bad, good, or neautral, as seen in these stories.

Phases of the Business Cycle + Graph/Timeline on Business Activity 1913-1945 + Stock Prices in 1929 & 1932

Today our 8th Graders:

• Learned the 4 Main Phases of the Business Cycle: Prosperity--Recession--Recovery--Depression
• Analyzed a graph/timeline showing The Business Cycle 1913-1945
• Wrote what they noticed about economic development in the USA during the years indicated
• Color coded the graph/timeline by time period
• Analyzed a handout showing stock prices in 1929 and 1932

Assignments

For Wednesday

1. Read and study "Brief Descriptions of the Great Depression and New Deal - Quiz Thursday
2. Try to do the handout on the Stock Market Crash; it shows what happened to stock prices in the Crash of 1929 and then how they were by 1932, three years into the Great Depression.

• As we were running out of time today, give it a try (especially if Mrs. Holbrooke was able to assist you) and if you can't quite get the hang of it, we'll work on it in class on Wednesday and make it due Thursday.

For Thursday - Quiz over "Brief Descriptions of the Great Depression and New Deal"

Asimov PPT. Analysis + Students' Definition of "History" + Carl Becker's Definition of "HIstory"

Today 8thies:

• Worked on the Asimov ppt. of their choice - Due Wednesday (tomorrow)
• Wrote their own definition of "history"
• Analyzed a definition by American historian Carl Becker: "the study of the development of human societies in time and in space."

Assignments - for Wednesday

1. Have your Asimov ppt. analysis ready and posted at your blog.
2. Have your Becker analysis completed and ready to post at your blog.