Timeline

The Great Depression WebQuest

 

Timeline for your project
Class 1
  • Find your team and decide which role each of you will take.
  • Start your investigation on your first topic using the links provided.

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Class 2 and 3
  • In Class 2, fill out and hand in the Team Roles Information Sheet.  Continue investigation in Class 3

    Start your investigation on your first topic to write your report (MLA format):

    • Historian - Economy in 1920 and collapses
    • Economist - Stock market, Dow Jones, unemployment rates
    • H&S Expert - Mental retardation during the Depression
    • Political - Early life of Franklin Roosevelt and entry into politics
    • Lawyer - Jim Crow Laws
    • Migrant Workers - What is a migrant worker?
  • Save your file in your Library Research folder with the name of your role & topic name.  For example: Lawyer Criminal Justice

 

  • Homework: Complete this assignment prior to the next library day. 

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Class 4
  • Do your investigation on your second topic to write your report (MLA format):
    • Historian - Dust Bowl years
    • Economist - Commodities prices
    • H&S Expert - Other mental illnesses and rights of people with mental deficiencies
    • Political Expert - FDR crippled by Polio
    • Lawyer - Explain the Jim Crow Laws and give examples.
    • Migrant Workers - Pros and cons of that career
  • Save your file in the team folder with the name of your role & topic number.

 

  • Homework: Print your second topic report to give it to your English teacher tomorrow.   Save your file on the team folder.

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Class 5  
  • Do your investigation on your third topic to write your report (MLA format):
    • Historian - Government and personal testimonies
    • Economist - Relief payments
    • H&S Expert - Education for people with mental illness
    • Political Expert - FDR return to Politics
    • Lawyer -  What Supreme Court case supported the creation of Jim Crow Laws?  What year was it?  What was the event that sparked this court case?
    • Migrant Workers - Terminology of this job
  • Save your file in the team folder with the name of your role & topic number.

 

  • Homework: Print your third topic report to give it to your English teacher tomorrow.   Save your file on the team folder.

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Class 6
  • Do your investigation on your fourth topic to write your report (MLA format):
    • Historian - Literature, discoveries & inventions
    • Economist - Troubled families and statistics
    • H&S Expert - Aging with mental retardation
    • Political Expert - First Administration of FDR
    • Lawyer - What were the Scottsboro Trials in  Alabama?  Give an overview of the event that brought the case to court.
    • Migrant Workers - Rights and laws
  • Save your file in the team folder with the name of your role & topic number.

 

  • Homework: Print your fourth topic report to give it to your English teacher tomorrow.   Save your file on the team folder.

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Class 7
  • Do your investigation on your fifth topic to write your report (MLA format):
    • Historian - Evolution of the role of women
    • Economist - Social aid programs
    • H&S Expert - Americans with disabilities act and family support
    • Political Expert - First Administration of FDR
    • Lawyer - Laws comparison
    • Migrant Workers - Picture portfolio
  • Save your file in the team folder with the name of your role & topic number.

 

  • Homework: Print your fifth topic report to give it to your English teacher tomorrow.   Save your file on the team folder.

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Class 8

  • Do your investigation on your sixth topic to write your report (MLA format):
    • Historian - Education
    • Economist - Diversion, leisure, fashion
    • H&S Expert - Health promotion
    • Political Expert - Second Administration of FDR
    • Lawyer - Legal and moral arguments
    • Migrant Workers - Prepare the scrapbook file in Publisher for the team.
  • Save your file in the team folder with the name of your role & topic number.

 

  • Homework: Print your sixth topic report to give it to your English teacher tomorrow.   Save your file in the team folder.

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Class 9  

  • Make the necessary corrections in all your topic report files.
  • Design and work on your four pages of the scrapbook using MS Publisher.
  • Save your file in the team folder with the name of your role.

 

  • Homework: Finish your four pages.   Save your file in the team folder.

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Class 10
  • Prepare the complete scrapbook with all the team members pages.
  • Save your files in the team folder with the following name: Scrapbook Team # 10 &.
  • Review your files of the six topics: files saved with the proper name in the team folder, MLA format, no spelling or grammar mistakes.

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Class 11  
  • Print your six topic reports.
  • Print the team scrapbook.
  • Review and study your oral presentation.

 

  • Homework: Be prepared for your oral presentation.

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Class 11
  • Fill out the peer evaluations.

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The pictures used in this WebQuest come from: Nelson, Cary. "A Photo Essay on the Great Depression." Modern American Poetry. n.d. http://www..uiuc.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm (14 Feb. 2004).