American Culture in the Depression Years

    Depression Years photos



Read  "Entertainment in the Thirties"  p 539
    1.  Name 5 radio personalities during the 1930s.
    Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Jack Benny, Bing Crosby, Kate Smith

    2.  What happened when Welles dramatized
                   War of the Worlds? People panicked  Video link
    3.  Name three movies of the 1930s.
    Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Robin Hood

    4.  What did Walt Disney create? Mickey Mouse

 
This classic chiller, when adapted for radio in 1938 by Orson Welles, was realistic enough to cause widespread panic throughout the United States.

Watch War of the Worlds 8.5 min video:

Develop question around life in the great depression.

Life in Europe was not much better. 

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.

Remember : Recognizing, Recalling
Understand : Interpreting, exemplifying, classifying, summarizing, inferring, comparing, explaining
Apply : Executing, implementing
Analyze : Differentiating, organizing, attributing
Evaluate : checking, critiquing
Create: generating, planning, producing