Week of December 9

math

Workbook pages 733-750

NF4 I can use a visual fraction model to find the product of two fractions in word problems.

NF4 video 

multiply fractions with models 

Social Studies 

I can explain how the Great Depression impacted the lives of Americans. 

I can explain how the New Deal impacted the lives of Americans.

Great Depression Soup Lines and Food Rationing

The Dustbowl 

notes from class 

The Great Depression or the Dirty Thirties 

It was a period of time where there was a slow down in our economy.  

October 29, 1929, was know as Black Tuesday because the stock market crashed. This marked the beginning of a period of economic crisis in which many Americans were unemployed.  

Nearly ¼ or 25% of all Americans were jobless. 

Causes of the Great Depression  

1. Stock market crashed and caused panic. 

2. Overproduction of industry (too many goods from factories) and agriculture (farming). 

3. Overuse of credit. 
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Effects of the Great Depression 

1. Poverty, Hungry, and unemployment 

2. Businesses had to close. 

3. Banks failed and closed.  

4. Bread Lines and Soup Kitchens were created by charities. 

5. People lived in Hoovervilles.  

6. Depression spread to other countries. 

The Dust Bowl 1933-1937 

A severe drought that swept across the Great Plains 

Grass died, crops couldn’t grow, land was over plowed 

Wind caused HUGE DUST STORMS 

Herbert Hoover  

A "Hooverville" was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States.  

They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it. 

President Hoover did not believe in the government helping with businesses or assisting Americans.  

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) 

President 1933-1945 

Made “New Deal” programs to help people and businesses out of the depression.  

CCC- Civilian Conservation Corps- provided jobs to plant trees, conserve soil, control floods, and build bridges 

TVA- Tennessee Valley Authority- build dams to provide cheap electricity to 7 southern states 

WPA- Works Progress Administration- built public buildings, parks, highways, and airports (hired artists and sculptors)  

Week of December 2

math

Workbook pages 733-750

NF4 I can use a visual fraction model to find the product of two fractions.

NF4 video 

multiply fractions with models 

Social studies

I can describe post WWI America. 

I can describe the cultural developments and contributions in the 1920's Jazz Age. 

notes from class 

The Roaring 20’s  

US cities were booming in the 1920’s! 

This period after WWI included a culture of social, musical, and artistic growth.  

                                                 

Women wore different clothing, became more independent = became flappers 

19th amendment= women’s right to vote 

People are wealthier- skyscraper and mansions are being built 

Harlem Renaissance- African Americans move to NY develop music, write, and paint 

Langston Hughes- famous poet who wrote about African American struggles and culture during the Harlem Renaissance  

Babe Ruth- baseball superstar that helped make baseball a popular sport  

Louis Armstrong- one of the greatest Jazz artists/ singer and trumpeter  

Charles Lindbergh- first person to make a transcontinental flight (across the Atlantic Ocean)  

Henry Ford- created the assembly line using specialization to make the Model T car  

Chicago had a huge population growth because the city had many places for people to work like railroad factories, meat packing plants, and stockyards.  

The 19th amendment – gave women the right to vote