GREAT DEPRESSION WEBQUEST Situation One: Investigating the causes of the Depression http://tinyurl.com/gastudiesGD1 1) When did the Great Depression begin? What event sparked it? 2) Locate November 1930 on the timeline: What did many Americans do to earn money during the depression? 3) Locate February and March 1931 on the timeline: What sort of actions were Americans demonstrations were Americans taking part in during the Great Depression? Why? 4) Find on the timeline when FDR was elected President of the United States. Who was FDR’s opponent and why didn’t Americans elect him instead? Situation Two: Evidence of the Depression http://tinyurl.com/gastudiesGD2 Analyze and evaluate each picture in the slideshow along with their captions to answer following questions: 5) Name 4 things people are waiting in line for 6) Before the state and federal governments provided assistance, who was providing relief to Americans? 7) A subsistence level is the bare minimum of basic needs that a family requires to survive. What percentage of American families was living below this level? Situation Three: Voices of the Depression
GREAT DEPRESSION WEBQUEST Situation One: Investigating the causes of the Depression http://tinyurl.com/gastudiesGD1 1) When did the Great Depression begin? What event sparked it? 2) Locate November 1930 on the timeline: What did many Americans do to earn money during the depression? 3) Locate February and March 1931 on the timeline: What sort of actions were Americans demonstrations were Americans taking part in during the Great Depression? Why? 4) Find on the timeline when FDR was elected President of the United States. Who was FDR’s opponent and why didn’t Americans elect him instead? Situation Two: Evidence of the Depression http://tinyurl.com/gastudiesGD2 Analyze and evaluate each picture in the slideshow along with their captions to answer following questions: 5) Name 4 things people are waiting in line for 6) Before the state and federal governments provided assistance, who was providing relief to Americans? 7) A subsistence level is the bare minimum of basic needs that a family requires to survive. What percentage of American families was living below this level? Situation Three: Voices of the Depression