The Great Depression: Hard Times in the 1930’s

“The Great Depression: Hard Times in the 1930’s.” is a 76 slide presentation, examining the decade of the 1930’s. The Great Depression , the Dust Bowl, and the New Deal are the center piece of the presentation. Slides include….. Causes of the Great Depression …. margin buying…. installment payments….Overproduction… .Smoot-Hawley Tariff…stock market crash… Hoover….Dust Bowl… Bonus Army….FDR…. New Deal…. New Deal Agencies….Timeline slides on Popular Culture of the 30’s which include movies….radio….Empire State Building….Lindbergh Kidnapping….Bonnie and Clyde….Jesse Owens and the 36 Olympics….Hindenburg Disaster…. Amelia Earhart disappearance…. USS Squalus rescue ….Seabiscuit and War Admiral match-race ….1939 Worlds Fair…..War of the World’s radio broadcast….Baseball Hall of Fame opens. It’s a very good overview of the
Events, politics, economic and culture of the 30’s.
2-3 hour presentation (2 to 3 classes-easily modified for time )
75 slide Presentation –Captioned images, animated slides, video links. (Video links valid as of January 2019)
Student notes on the slides-
Teacher notes ( designated by Depression era farmer)
Made for High School Juniors – Seniors college prep
and general level classes.
Easily edited /modified for all high school / middle school levels.
20 assessment questions
Used for years in class-This works!
Doug Stuart October 2019            

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