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Name of Project:

The Great Depression Documenting Past and Present

Duration:

4 weeks

Subject/Course:

Great Depression/World History

Grade Level:

9-10

Other Subject Areas to Be

Included:

Photography, Web 2.0, Research Skills

Project Idea
Summary of the issue,
challenge, investigation,
scenario, or problem:

Photographers documented the Great Depression. Your group has the job of documenting the present in an online scrapbook (two choices of
scrapbook creation sites) that compares and contrasts your photos with those of the Great Depression.
You must include the following five categories, but you may include other categories not listed here.
Leadership
Dust Bowl/Agriculture
Poverty
Architecture
Assembly Line/Mass Production

Driving Question

How we can document in Photographs the present in contrast to the documented history we have of the Great Depression?

Content Standards to be
taught and assessed:

Era 8 Culture/Economics/Individuals Groups & Interactions: Understand the effect of the Great Depression upon American society/Understand the economic climate in the
United States during the Depression Era/Understand the changes in American life as a result of the Great Depression

Teacher(s): Ronnie Martin, Gwen Hines

CLE 3001.2.6 Deliver effective oral presentations CLE 3001.2.7 Participate in group teams and group discussions CLE 3001.4.2 Gather relevant information from a variety
of print and electronic sources as well as from direct observation CLE 3001.7.4 Appy and adapt the principles of written composition to create coherent media productions

21st Century Skills to be

taught and assessed:

Major Products &

Performances

Collaboration

(Students work in groups of 4-5)

Communication (Oral Presentation) (Scrapbook and butcher paper

presentations)

Critical Thinking/Problem Solving (Students must relate past and

present and how to document them online)

Other: Technology (Cell phone photography, online

scrapbooking)

P
resentation Audience
X Class
X School
Community

Group:

Online Scrapbook
Butcher Paper Summary of Ideas for Gallery Walk

Individual:

Quick-Writes following each teacher lecture providing need-to-know content

Experts

P R O J E C T
Entry Event to
launch inquiry,
engage students:

O V E R V I E W

Web
Other:

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Class showing of the movie, Cinderella Man

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Assessments

Formative
Assessments
(During Project)

Quizzes/Tests
Journal/Learning Log

Summative
Assessments
(End of Project)

Resources Needed

Reflection Methods

Practice Presentations
(Quick-writes)

Notes

Preliminary Plans/Outlines/Prototypes

Checklists

Rough Drafts

Concept Maps

Online Tests/Exams

Other:

Written Product(s), with rubric:

_Butcher page for gallery walk__

Oral Presentation, with rubric

Other Product(s) or Performance(s), with

rubric: __Online scrapbook____

Peer Evaluation

Multiple Choice/Short Answer Test

Self-Evaluation

Essay Test

Other:

On-site people, facilities:

Library computer lab, library staff

Equipment:

Cell phones or digital cameras, computers

Materials:

School library books with photographs of the Great Depression

Community resources:

Public library resources on the Great Depression

(Individual,
Group, and/or
Whole Class)

Journal/Learning Log
Whole-Class Discussion
Survey

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Focus Group
X

Fishbowl Discussion
Other: Post-its on Gallery Walk

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