Bell Work: Please turn in your Chapter 23 Guided Reading worksheet and find two other partners to work with. Your group will need to pick

up a stack of flashcards from the front of the room. Organize the stack of vocab terms into analytical groups featuring a common theme. You must use all of the cards, each group must have at least 2 cards, and you must

have at least 3 groups. Be prepared to explain your groupings.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17TH

DAILY AGENDA: THURSDAY, OCT. 17TH • Bell Work: Vocab Sorting

• Word of the Day solemn

• Clicker Benchmark Test

• Great Depression Review

• Postermaking: New Deal Alphabet Soup

• Unit Extension Activities

• Summarizer

Essential Question:

How has an active government specifically helped its citizens in the past? Should there be limitations on how liberal the government should be? If so, outline the boundaries.

Homework: Read Chapter 24 and complete Study Questions for Chapter 24 (due Monday)

Which is the odd word out? Why?

a. elated c. grave

b. Somber d. gloomy

SOLEMN- NOT CHEERFUL OR SMILING; SERIOUS; GLOOMYPRONUNCIATION FOR WORD

Odd Word Out Oct. 17, Block 2

Which is the odd word out? Why?

a. elated c. grave

b. Somber d. gloomy

(Antonym)

SOLEMN- NOT CHEERFUL OR SMILING; SERIOUS; GLOOMYPRONUNCIATION FOR WORD

Odd Word Out Oct. 17, Block 2

SOLEMN- NOT CHEERFUL OR SMILING; SERIOUS; GLOOMYPRONUNCIATION FOR WORD

• If you’ve ever attended a funeral, you were probably struck by how quiet, earnest, and solemn the mood was. You can use the word solemn to describe anything that's really serious and dignified.

• Describe a time when you have experienced a situation in which the mood was solemn.

Have You Ever...? Oct. 17, Block 4

WHICH IS NOT SOLEMN?

WHAT ARE THE 5 FASTEST WAYS TO RUIN A SOLEMN MOMENT?

GREAT DEPRESSION REVIEW:• Who was most to blame for the Great Depression?

• What impact did international trade, debt factors, and U.S. tariff policy have on the American economy?

• What happened to the banking system early in the Depression? What role did the Federal Reserve System play?

• To what extent was the Depression a global as well as American episode?

• How were the hard times reflected in intellectual art, literature, and media?

• What were Herbert Hoover's first approaches to combating the Depression? How effective were they?

• What impact did the Bonus Army have on Hoover’s popularity?

HOW DID HOOVER AND FDR DIFFER IN THEIR APPROACHES TO RESPONDING TO THE DEPRESSION?

Please come grab your assigned clicker and return to your seat (quickly)

CLICKER BENCHMARK TEST

POSTERIZING THE NEW DEAL:• Each of you will be assigned a New Deal

program/law to investigate further.

• Your task: Create a poster to explain what your assigned program was, why it was created, and who it was designed to benefit.

• Your poster must include the acronym (largely featured), the full name of the program, a prominent image representing the program, a slogan identifying what it did, and a explanation of who it will help.

• Note: If you prefer, you may complete a Glog on Glogster or a brief Animoto video featuring these same required points instead of just a paper poster.

ASSIGNED PROGRAMS:1. AAA –

2. CCC –

3. CWA –

4. FERA –

5. FHA –

6. FSA –

7. HOLC –

8. NRA –

9. NYA –

10. PWA –

11. REA –

12. SSA –

13. TVA –

14. WPA –

15. FDIC -

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:

• After completing your New Deal Poster, please complete one of the following activities for the remainder of class:

1. Extra Credit Project (Fakebook page for FDR – See “Handouts and Assignments page for more details).

2. Review unit vocab using resources on the class wiki.

3. Begin working on Chapter 24 Guided Reading worksheet.

4. Finalize your Great Depression DBQ Essay Outline (you’ll be writing it in class tomorrow).

Begin reading Chapter 24 and complete the Study Questions listed on the “Handouts and Assignments” page of the class

wiki (due Monday).

HOMEWORK: