ETE 335 Elementary Social Studies Lesson deBono’s Thinking Hats

ETE 335 Elementary Social Studies Lesson deBono’s Thinking Hats Kellie Evanish Econ/ The Great Depression 6th grade The Great Depression

ETE 335 Elementary Social Studies Lesson deBono’s Thinking Hats Goals: SWBAT understand how the Great Depression changed America and how economics takes part in the Great Depression. SWBAT Objectives: Content/Knowledge: SWBAT compare and contrast the events of the Great Depression. Process/Skills: SWBAT compare and analyze events from the Great Depression. SWBAT use online sources to gather information. Values/Dispositions: SWBAT understand the position that people were in during the Great Depression.

ETE 335 Elementary Social Studies Lesson deBono’s Thinking Hats Rationale: With the Depression everything in America changed and not for the best. With teaching about the Depression the students will have an insight on some of the hardships America has felt. Standards: State – Illinois Common Core or Learning Standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.5 Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.6 Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.7 Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently National – NCSS Themes Culture; Time, Continuity, and Change; Production, Distribution, and Consumption

Materials Needed PBS Great Depression Video Clips Computers Paper Pencils

Objective

Show the students a video clip from PBS's The Great Depression: Stories of a Generations's Struggle for Democracy. This website has an overview of the story that will be told After the clip is shown students will work in pairs to create a timeline of the major economic and social event that are related to the Great Depression In the timeline student will not only put the date of the event but also describe what happened and who was apart of the event. Objective

Intuitive

Students will research headlines from the time period of the Great Depression. Students will then write their own story as if they were a reporter from that time period. The story must include information about the stock market crash, and what they think will come next. Students will be supplied with websites that may help them complete the headline Intuitive

Positive/Strengths

Positive/Strengths Introduce the students to the New Deal created by FDR and all of the programs and jobs he created by the New Deal. After reading about the New Deal and having a group discussion have the students gather in pairs. In their pairs they will talk about the positives and strengths the New Deal gave to the American people. The students will create a list of the strengths and why they believe that they are strengths. After the list are created the students will then have a class discussion of why they think those items were the strengths. This website may be of help to the students:

Negatives/Weaknesses

Introduce the students to the New Deal created by FDR and all of the programs and jobs he created by the New Deal. After reading about the New Deal and having a group discussion have the students gather in pairs. In their pairs they will talk about the positives and strengths the New Deal gave to the American people. The students will create a list of the strengths and why they believe that they are strengths. This website may be of help to the students: The class has now just finished their discussion about the strengths of the New Deal and now the pairs are back together working on what they believe their weaknesses are. The will state the weaknesses and why they believe that. If there is a strength that they now believe is a weakness they must state why they thought it was a strength and what made them change their mind. Negatives/Weaknesses

Creative

Creative You are now FDR and in the positon to try and turn things around and save America from the Great Depression. What are you going to do to help out the Americans who are looking up to you to save them from this situation. Research can be done and you may use the New Deal as model, but do not copy the New Deal. Also do you believe that you solution would bring America out of the Great Depression with out the help of the World War? If you need a reminder of all that had happened in the Great Depression use this website as a reference htm

Thinking About Thinking

You are now the President of the United States during the Great Depression. The New Deal is starting to fail and World War 1 never happened. As the President what will be your next step to try and bring America out of the economic downfall.

ETE 335 Elementary Social Studies Lesson deBono’s Thinking Hats Visual Learning, Assessment, and Online Resources: Assessment: 1. The students will be assessed through all of their journaling. In their journals they will state what they have learned and what they liked most and least about the activities done. Their journals should be written clearly and with proper grammar. Online Resources: 1.