See calendar for the week's reading. 

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DocsTeach:

Online lessons from the National Archives. The lesson we did from about the women's suffrage movement was through this website. Below are links to three lessons about the Great Depression. 

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1. New Deal: Revolution or Reform: Analyze documents to determine if overall the New Deal represents a revolution or a reform in our history. https://www.docsteach.org/activities/student/the-new-deal-revolution-or-reform

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2. Where Was the New Deal?: Locate where projects associated with three New Deal programs took place, and analyze their impact on each region. https://www.docsteach.org/activities/student/where-was-the-new-deal

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3. The School Lunch Program & the Federal Government: Use the visual and textual data presented in photographs and documents to gain an understanding of how the federal school lunch program is a direct result of the Great Depression, how it became a permanent part of the federal budget, and how the program has changed over its history. https://www.docsteach.org/activities/student/the-school-lunch-program-and-the-federal-government

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Ken Burns In the Classroom:

Video clips and images from Ken Burns' documentary films and series.

Emergence of Modern America: https://kcts9.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/kenburnsclassroom/era/emergence-of-modern-america-1890-1930/

Depression & WWII: https://kcts9.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/kenburnsclassroom/era/depression-and-world-war-ii-1929-1945/

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Depression Era Cooking

98 year old cook, author and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Great Depression. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/DepressionCooking/featured

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US National Archives YouTube Channel

YouTube channel of the US National Archives features recordings of lectures and public programs, behind the scenes videos, and historical films/video from the Archives collections. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/usnationalarchives

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Crash Course YouTube Channel

Hopefully by now you are familiar with this particular YouTube channel. If not, clearly you have not been doing your homework. Speaking of, if you have missing Crash Courses, please complete and send to me. I'm putting the worksheets for the Crash Courses about the 1920's and the Depression. COMPLETION IS OPTIONAL AND IS NOT FOR A GRADE. I am including in case the worksheets are helpful for studying or processing textbook information. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse/featured

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