USA L6 - What Was Life Like in the Great Depression?

This lesson contains
A starter to recap the recent Wall Street Crash to set the scene for the lesson. This comes with information on the slides to go back over the effects of the Crash.
A discussion task for students to argue about what President Hoover should do. The students will be surprised when they find out he chose to do nothing.
A task for students to study a series of sources about what life was like. There are a combination of quotes, charts and images. Students document what each 'pack' of sources tells us about life in the depression.
An optional task if time allows to read an article and answer some questions on a table (provided) to summarise the devastating effects of the Depression.
A plenary to describe two features of the Depression.
 
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