Objective (1.1a, 1.

2e,
2.2a, 2.2b, 2.2c, 2.3c)
SWBAT identify &
evaluate President
Hoovers approach on
dealing with the Great
Depression.
DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph that
evaluated: Hoovers
approach to the Great
Depression
T-EQ: How did H. Hoover
approach the Great
Depression in its early
years?
O-EQ: How did the Great
Depression impact the
politics, economics, and
culture of the U.S.?

Title: Hoover vs. FDR

Date: October 31, 2016

Write down the

Topical Essential Question.

Objective (1.1a, 1.2e,

2.2a, 2.2b, 2.2c, 2.3c)
SWBAT identify &
evaluate President
Hoovers approach on
dealing with the Great
Depression.
DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph that
evaluated: Hoovers
approach to the Great
Depression
T-EQ: How did H. Hoover
approach the Great
Depression in its early
years?
O-EQ: How did the Great
Depression impact the
politics, economics, and
culture of the U.S.?

Economic depression
cannot be cured by
legislative action or
executive
pronouncement.
Economic wounds must
be healed by the action
of the cells of the
economic body - the
producers and
consumers themselves

- Herbert Hoover

Based upon _____, I

can infer that
President Hoovers
philosophy on the
Great Depression
was _________.
Based upon the
statement that
government
involvement will not
cure the Depression,
I can infer that
Hoovers philosophy
on the Great
Depression was
laissez-faire.

Objective (1.1a, 1.2e,

2.2a, 2.2b, 2.2c, 2.3c)
SWBAT identify &
evaluate President
Hoovers approach on
dealing with the Great

Depression.
DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph that
evaluated: Hoovers
approach to the Great
Depression
T-EQ: How did H. Hoover
approach the Great
Depression in its early
years?
O-EQ: How did the Great
Depression impact the
politics, economics, and
culture of the U.S.?

Rugged Individualism - It refers

to the idea that each individual
should be able to help themselves
out, and that the government does
not need to involve itself in people's economic lives
nor in national economics in general.
Providing large-scale humanitarian efforts, Hoover

feared, would injure "the initiative and enterprise of the

American people."
TWS: Do you feel that there is some merit to this argument?
Justify. Explain!
CHALLENGE: - How does this theory compare to that of FDRs
approach to the Great Depression?

Objective (1.1a, 1.2e,

2.2a, 2.2b, 2.2c, 2.3c)
SWBAT identify &
evaluate President
Hoovers approach on
dealing with the Great
Depression.
DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph that
evaluated: Hoovers
approach to the Great
Depression
T-EQ: How did H. Hoover
approach the Great
Depression in its early
years?
O-EQ: How did the Great
Depression impact the
politics, economics, and
culture of the U.S.?

Subject:
Purpose:
Tone:

Objective (1.1a, 1.2e,

2.2a, 2.2b, 2.2c, 2.3c)
SWBAT identify &
evaluate President
Hoovers approach on
dealing with the Great
Depression.
DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph that
evaluated: Hoovers
approach to the Great
Depression

After the economy worsened,

Hoover was forced to have a
softened position toward
Intervention and Rugged Ind.

Hoover created the Federal Farm Board to pay

farmers to not harvest
Drove up the price of crops, helping farmers make more

of a profit
T-EQ: How did H. Hoover
approach the Great
Depression in its early
years?
O-EQ: How did the Great
Depression impact the
politics, economics, and
culture of the U.S.?

Created the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

(RFC) Gave$2 billion in loans to banks & large businesses
Hoped to reverse Negative Economic Cycle

Objective (1.1a, 1.2e,

2.2a, 2.2b, 2.2c, 2.3c)
SWBAT identify &
evaluate President
Hoovers approach on
dealing with the Great
Depression.
DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph that
evaluated: Hoovers
approach to the Great
Depression
T-EQ: How did H. Hoover
approach the Great
Depression in its early
years?
O-EQ: How did the Great
Depression impact the
politics, economics, and
culture of the U.S.?

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it

fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all,
try something. - Franklin D. Roosevelt

TWS Analyze the quote above. How does this quote from
FDR differ in your mind from the approach Hoover took
during the Depression? Explain!
CHALLENGE! Write a 2-3 sentence response to the quote
above (pretending that you are President Hoover).

Objective (1.1a, 1.2e,

2.2a, 2.2b, 2.2c, 2.3c)
SWBAT identify &
evaluate President
Hoovers approach on
dealing with the Great
Depression.

1.
READ/EVALUATE
only at least 1
minute.

DOL: Given an exit

card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph that
evaluated: Hoovers
approach to the Great
Depression

3. What are the

RESULTS of the
data?

T-EQ: How did H. Hoover

approach the Great
Depression in its early
years?
O-EQ: How did the Great
Depression impact the
politics, economics, and
culture of the U.S.?

2. What
VARIABLES are
in the data?

4. What
CONCLUSIONS
can you get from
the data?
5. Put it all
together in
WRITING
(paragraph) !
IntroductionBody
Conclusion.

Objective (1.1a, 1.2e,

2.2a, 2.2b, 2.2c, 2.3c)
SWBAT identify &
evaluate President
Hoovers approach on
dealing with the Great
Depression.
DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph that
evaluated: Hoovers
approach to the Great
Depression
T-EQ: How did H. Hoover
approach the Great
Depression in its early
years?
O-EQ: How did the Great
Depression impact the
politics, economics, and
culture of the U.S.?

1. Hoover abandoned his policy of

_______ by involving the
government in ______________.
a. Laissez-faire; public works
b. intervention; laissez-faire
c. Laissez-faire; farming and banking
d. rugged individualism; public works

2. After the economy worsened,

Hoover:
a. remained true to his noninterventionist ideals
b. created the Federal Farm Board
c. started the New Deal program
d. remained a supporter of Laissez-Faire

3. During the Great Depression,

expressions such as Hoovervilles and
Hoover blankets showed that President
Hoover
a) was seen as a role model
b) used the military to aid the
unemployed
c)
was blamed for the suffering of the
poor
d) supported relief and public housing for
the needy

Write a SEEC paragraph for the following prompt:

Hoovers approach to the Great Depression