Describe the effects of the Great Depression on American society. Explain why the Great Depression made President Hoover unpopular. Lesson Objective: why were Hooverville’s so depressing in the Depression? AQA GCSE History: America, 1920–1973 - Opportunity and Inequality - Bust - Americans’ experiences of the Depression and New Deal. The resources are also suitable for Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History. The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes to sustain outstanding results over a period of time: 2022 P8: +0.88 and +0.81 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My GCSE History classes have also consistently attained the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. In addition, this specific component’s outcomes - America, 1920–1973 - Opportunity and Inequality - are consistently above the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis. I have worked for the examination boards for over 10 years and considering the recent developments within education, my resources are constantly amended and updated for students studying GCSE History. I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and have used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons to ensure that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud that I am a ‘Gold’ TES Author, and this is recognised by the fact that my resources have been downloaded over half a million times by educators throughout the world. Copyright Protection ©

Describe what President Hoover did to deal with the Great Depression. Explain if President Hoover’s responses were successful. Lesson Objective: to what extent was President Hoover a Republican who acted like a Democrat? AQA GCSE History: America, 1920–1973 - Opportunity and Inequality - Bust - Americans’ experiences of the Depression and New Deal. The resources are also suitable for Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History. The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes to sustain outstanding results over a period of time: 2022 P8: +0.88 and +0.81 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My GCSE History classes have also consistently attained the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. In addition, this specific component’s outcomes - America, 1920–1973 - Opportunity and Inequality - are consistently above the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis. I have worked for the examination boards for over 10 years and considering the recent developments within education, my resources are constantly amended and updated for students studying GCSE History. I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and have used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons to ensure that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud that I am a ‘Gold’ TES Author, and this is recognised by the fact that my resources have been downloaded over half a million times by educators throughout the world. Copyright Protection ©

The focus of this lesson is to build upon the failure of the LON and fits into the bigger picture of ‘To What Extent Was The League of Nations a Success’? The lesson’s purpose is to introduce the league’s failures as a result of the 1929 Depression and to judge the most significant problem posed through a series of student led and source evaluation (less teacher talk) tasks. **Hook: **students are handed hook sheet as they enter to instantly complete focusing around recalling 5 key facts about the the LON. Teacher introduces the lessons intention. **Starter: ** After watching an introduction video about the depression to re-call / introduce knowledge ( 2 video options embedded into the PP) Students then engage in a quiz-quiz-trade activity to reinforce and build up their knowledge surround the depression. Main task 1: Student engage in a ‘6 monkeys’ variety task to learn about the initial impact of the depression on the L.O.N: Monkey 1 – Read (or teacher reads) The first monkey is to read a piece of text that relates to the concept, idea or process. This stage allows differentiation to take place, as students of different abilities could be given texts with Monkey 2 – Drawing Monkey 2: Draw! it’s time for some drawing! Students have to draw a diagram/ cartoon/ flow chart to describe what they have understood from reading the text.h different degrees of detail, complex vocabulary or even on different topics. Monkey 3: Key words Lead reader reads out the highlighted words students add these to their pictures. Monkey 4: Students explain the story to their partner. Monkey 5: one students is selected to read out to the class – whilst students follow along with the actual story on the board. _ if they do it mostly accurately they can get a prize. ALL STUDENTS THEN WRITE UP IN THEIR OWN WORDS. Main task 2: Students to apply their acquired knowledge to complete the reverse of their sheet where they shall begin the judge the most significant problem this posed to the L.O.N. Plenary: Students break into small groups / individually to assess the message of some source of evidence linked with the Depression (focusing on exam skill) students then stick responses on the whiteboard as an exit pass.

A detailed and well differentiated editable history lesson all about the effects of the Great Depression on Germany and how these contributed towards Hitler’s rise to power. The lesson lasts one hour and is very easy to just pick up and use. The lesson is suitable for any Middle School class and includes an hour-long PowerPoint, a variety of activities, source questions, clip tasks, exam-styles practice questions, active tasks and more.

Students should be able to explain what happened during the Great Depression. Each activity aims to build upon students understanding of the impact of the Great Depression and what took place in the United States in the 1930s. Learning Objectives •To be able to explain the causes and effects of the Great Depression on the people of the United States. •To be able to learn about ‘Black Tuesday’, the stock market crash of 1929. Included (PowerPoint and PDF format): PowerPoint Starter Three Main Activities Plenary Lesson Plan

This engaging and interesting lesson aims to improve students' knowledge of the social, historical, and cultural context of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. It also aims to build their skills in creating clear and specific links between the text and it's context, focusing on a specific extract from the novel. The lesson uses a range of tasks, that require students to use their visual and interactive skills. It follows this learning journey: - Understanding what dreams are and how they differ for each of us; - Defining the American Dream, The Wall Street Crash and The Great Depression; - Creating a timeline which visually depicts the other influential events of the time; - Reading and reflecting on an extract from the text; - Analysing the links between texts and contexts, from a success criteria; - Evaluating each others' analytical attempts. All images in this resource are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of the lesson presentation. You can choose to buy this resource alone, or as part of the 'Of Mice and Men - All Lessons and Scheme' bundle, which contains seven full lessons, resources, teachers notes, and PowerPoint presentations, plus a Pointless Of Mice and Men game, for just £5!

The Great Depression [#4] Lesson #4 of 6 lessons towards the enquiry: “Why was the world unable to keep peace after 1918?” [Concept: Cause & Consequence]. See my TES shop for other lesson and bundle offers! Suitable as a standalone lesson or within a scheme of work! Overview: Through a selection of case studies (Germany, USA, GB), this lesson familiarises students with the causes and impact of the Great Depression in a clear, concise way. Specifically, this will enable students to understand why desperate people began to turn to more extremist ideas in Germany, paving the way for an eventual war in Europe. Suitability: Designed for Key Stage 3 (Years 8 – 9), but possibly suitable for KS4. Approximate Delivery Time: 50 – 60 Minutes What will you get? PowerPoint Presentation – Fully scaffolded PPT to support teaching. Note: The PPT may contain animations / clips. Worksheets – Printable worksheets to support teaching activities. Adaptive Teaching Strategies – An adaptable lesson for a range of learning abilities, with a variety of activities (i.e., whiteboards; think-pair-share; stretch-and-challenge activities).

The Great Depression

Topic: Interwar Britain Great Depression Lesson 1 FREE - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12727345 KS3 SoW This SoW is designed in detail and is both differentiated and engaging, and allows you to move pupils through content efficiently. As a result, lessons can take around two periods to deliver and are sequenced to flow through this period of time comprehensively. Made to the highest standard and constructed using current research, both dual coding and retrieval practices are at the heart of this unit. A colour scheme also runs throughout to ease both your delivery and students comprehension. An outline of the SoW can be viewed below: Interwar Britain WWI losses and gains Suffragists and Suffragettes Women in WWI Impact of WWI on women’s suffrage Ireland before 1916 The Easter Rising and War of Independence The Irish Civil War and the 1920s Trade unionism Roaring Twenties Great Depression Impact of the Great Depression on Britain Fascism Appeasement Assessment Additional: Knowledge Organiser Any question please do feel free to get in contact: teachercentralltd@gmail.com Best FREE Resources (Teacher Central) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/britain-losing-and-gaining-an-empire-12973075 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/financial-literacy-12898983 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-12908635 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/shakespeare-12908634 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-gcse-12863697 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-free-sow-12942163 (FREE SoW) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/slavery-sow-12843084 (FREE SoW) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12727408 (FREE SoW) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/russia-1917-91-from-lenin-to-yeltsin-12834552 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/TeacherCentral?sortBy=lowestPrice&p=5 I hope you find this SoW useful. If you have, I have created a series of resources.

A look at the Great Depression.

An interactive escape room lesson that explores the great depression. There are six fun task cards that include activities relating to the great depression. The lesson provides a fun and interactive introduction to how the great depression occurred. Lesson Objectives: • To be able to identify what is meant by ‘depression’. • To be able to explain the causes and effects of the Great Depression. Included (PowerPoint and PDF format): Six task cards PowerPoint with starter and plenary Lesson Plan Answer sheet for teacher Answer sheet for students

The Great Depression was one of the defining periods of the Twentieth Century and a good understanding of it is vital in putting the Second World War into context. These resources comprise of a very detailed lesson plan, covering several hours work, a PowerPoint to aid the teaching and the three handouts that are needed. This lesson also includes a student activity to be undertaken outside of the classroom to further develop an understanding of the key events of the Great Depression.

This resource pack looks at one of the pivotal moments of the twentieth century. The students will look at how the value of money crashed and how this affected people in all parts of the world, especially Germany. This resource includes an on-going homework task, the use of ICT and even some role play if required. The students will find this an engaging way to look at a complex topic. The Pack includes Lesson Plan, PowerPoint and Handouts.

The Great Depression People and protest.

This is a series of 5 documents that summarize major elements of The Great Depression: Causes, Effects, The New Deal, The Dust Bowl, People and Culture. They can be used to introduce students to each element of study. A lesson can be based on each document.

A PPT aimed at Key Stage 4. Content rich and useful as a comprehensive overview.

This lesson is taught, following a SoW on 1920s America and a lesson on the Wall Street Crash. Pupils explore and evaluate the effects of the Great Depression.

This PPT has a quote and picture from Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and then an activity called the chart of German Happiness - Pupils will have had a brief look at Hyperinflation/Golden Years/Depression and the rise of Hitler to be able to do it.

This is a sorting activity. Students are given 9 causes of the Great Depression in USA and are asked to sort them into a Diamond 9 shape. They are able to rank in anyway that they chose as long as they can reason why they have done it. Students can also add their own causes if they chose. This allows creativity within the class and creates differentiation too as you can simplify some of these causes if required or leave them out completely and students create their own.

Comparing wages and cost of living from the Great Depression to now.

A Great Depression lecture, designed for United States History classes preparing to take the NY State Regents.