Great Depression 1929-1939 PROCESSING OPTIONS

WHERE: Separate sheet of paper (lined or blank)

WHAT: Choose ONE of the following options to demonstrate your understanding of the Great Depression. This is
DUE at the beginning of class tomorrow.
YOUR TASK: Show some aspect of the Great Depression visually. Choose from one of the topics we have discussed
this unit:
Stock market crash of 1929
The Dust Bowl
Impact of the Great Depression on individual Americans
The New Deal
Every option must include some color!!
1) Visual of the Great Depression
Your task: Draw a large visual on a blank sheet of paper
showing what happened in the event.
Your visual must include:
A title
Responses to the following questions:
o What was the impact of this event?
o Why did it occur?
o Did it change the outcome of the Great
Depression? Explain

2) Illustrated cartoon of one event

Your task: Draw a cartoon that shows the effects
of the Great Depression
Your Cartoon must include:
A title
Responses to the following questions:
o What was the impact of this event?
o Why did it occur?
o Did it change the outcome of the Great
Depression? Explain

A minimum of three frames that show the effects

of the great depression

3) Front page of Newspaper

Your task: Write about an event as the front page of a
major newspaper at that time
Your Newspaper must include these responses:
What happened?
How?
Why?
When?
Whom was affected?
A visual

Step 1: PLANNING: Use the space below to brainstorm for your visual.
Event:
WHEN did it happen?
WHY did it happen?

WHOM did it affect?

What was the impact of
this event?

Did it help change the

outcome of the
Depression? Explain.

Step 2: NEXT, use the planning notes above to create a final draft of your visual on a separate piece of
paper.