OUT Lesson Plan

Teacher: Alexis Arellano

Title: The Causes of The Great Depression of 1929

Subject: U.S. History

Grade Level: 11th Grade

TEKS: §113.41 (c)(2) (b) explain the significance of the following years as turning points:
1898 (Spanish-American War), 1914-1918 (World War I), 1929 (the Great Depression begins),
1939-1945 (World War II), 1957 (Sputnik launch ignites U.S.-Soviet space race), 1968 (Martin
TEKS: Luther King Jr. assassination), 1969 (U.S. lands on the moon), 1991 (Cold War ends), 2001
(terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and the Pentagon), and 2008 (election of first black
president, Barack Obama).

Students will:
 Know the cause and effects from different types of sources by reading and interpreting
from the past;
Learning Objectives:
 Analyze the textbook and online articles;
 “Open up” the textbook and discover the contested and interpretive nature of historical
knowledge;

Essential Question(s):
What are some of the causes and effects from The Great Depression of 1929

Essential Vocabulary:
The Dust Bowl, Speculation, Margin, Hooverville’s

 “The Great Depression”, (History Textbook, Chapter 25)

History Lessons, by Dana Lindaman & Kyle Ward

 “The Market Crashes “Online article

https://www.ushistory.org/us/48a.asp
Resources/Materials:
or
 “Social and Cultural effects of the Depression” Online article
https://www.ushistory.org/us/48e.asp

Procedures:
Mini lesson: The Great Depression
Time:
https://1drv.ms/p/s!Ak4MKK7_0o6xjwNVI8U_dc-i82Qj?e=m6fDYJ
5 min

YouTube Video on the Great Depression

Time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62DxELjuRec
5 min
Time:
Students read: 10 min
- “The Great Depression” from the textbook chapter,
And
- “The Market Crash” OR “Social and Cultural effects of the Depression”
online article.
OUT Lesson Plan

Students will create a paper chain where they loop together a cause and an effect
of the Great Depression. Both the causes and effects will be in a different colored
paper to be easily distinguished. Students will work in pairs of two to incorporate
key fundamentals from both the Textbook and Online article for a fun and artistic
concept to keep students actively engaged. Students must have 6 cause and Time:
effects. 20 min

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Assessment: Each pair will turn in their paper chain by the end of class Time:
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