Many people tried to magnify the
Depression crisis in order to move the
United States toward socialism.

    John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath

The Joad family had to leave Oklahoma traveling on Route 66 they made the arduous trek to California

    which describes the plight of the "Okies"
                move to California. Movie

    Communists from Russia tried to use the movie as socialist propaganda.  Why did it backfire? p 537

Farmhouse in Oklahoma after a dust storm

Okie farmer trying to dig his way out

Many " Okies" were forced off their land, and lived in squatter sites along the road

Watch Dust Bowl 8 min video:

Soup Lines

 

        Hoover Dam
  Watch Dams 4 min video

Hoover Dam was one of the bright spots during Hoover's administration.  Lake Mead was formed by the dam

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.