Lesson Plan Template

Title The Dustbowl and the Great

Depression
Date 04/29/14
Author Feyla McNamara
Subject Area US History ra!e "e#el 10
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-Students are asked what they know about the
Dustbowl
-Students are given a series of lyrics by Woody
Guthrie, they listen to (as a class) two of his
songs, following along with the lyrics
-Introducing the Dustbowl, recording their
knowledge on the board
-Introducing who Woody Guthrie is, why he is
relevant to the times, and contetuali!ing his
Di&&ere%tiatio%
-Asking questions to the larger class
-Playing music
-Providing typed lyrics of all songs played
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-I can describe what the Dustbowl was, who
and where it affected, and it"s connections to
the Great De#ression
-I can begin to describe the W$% and their role in
the &ew Deal
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*Because this is an introduction to the topic, students will
be showing their learning through assessments following
this class- in class we are expecting them to process the
information through observation, interaction by asking
uestions, and providing feedback on what is being
presented to them
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-Students will take notes (if it hel#s them) and
listen to information on the Dustbowl, #rovided
with the $re!i (attached) and listen to a
su##lemental story from &$'
-Students will be asked to make their own
connections to the information throughout the
#resentation
-$rovide students with engaging information
regarding the Dustbowl
-%sk my students to connect the information to
their own lives, relate their feelings about the
information #rovided, and follow along with the
information
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-Students will begin to learn about the W$%-
how they #rovided the #ictures and information
we"ve seen throughout this #resentation- and
how this connects to what they will be doing in
the net class- where they will be assigned an
oral history to read, and #resent in a gallery
walk for the class(
-I will e#lain to my student who the W$% are,
how they are relevant to the times, and how the
information in this #resentation was collected by
those who worked for the W$%(
-I will e#lain what we will be doing in )hursday"s
class(
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region and what they were met with outside of their homes,
acknowledging the discrimination that they faced!
"xplaining about the #$% and asking the students how the
&' handles these kinds of issues ()oblessness, mass
natural*man-made catastrophes- such as hurricane katrina+
and making the connection to how governments change in
their response to the people,s needs!
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