Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: The New Deal Name: Elyse Wroth

Content Area: Social Science / History Grade Level: 12
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):
CA Content Standards:
11.6.2) Understand the explanations of the principal causes of the Great Depression and the steps taken by the Federal Reserve, Congress, and Presidents Herbert Hoover
and Franklin Delano Roosevelt to combat the economic crisis.
11.6.4) Analyze the effects of and the controversies arising from New Deal economic policies and the expanded role of the federal government in society and the economy
since the 1930s (e.g., Works Progress Administration, Social Security, National Labor Relations Board, farm programs, regional development policies, and energy
development projects such as the Tennessee Valley Authority, California Central Valley Project, and Bonneville Dam).

Common Core Standard:
Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6-12
6. Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career
readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Big Ideas:
The New Deal was President Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression.
The severity of the Great Depression led many to call for radical action.
The New Deal consisted of many programs.
The New Deal addressed unemployment, old-age insurance, farm relief, and many other aspects of American life.
The New Deal signified a great change in the relationship between the American people and the government.
Unit Goals and Objectives:
Students will be able to identify important players in crafting and implementing the New Deal, as when as articulate what their contributions to the New Deal were.
Students will be able to differentiate between and define the major components of the New Deal plan.
Students will be able to explain why the New Deal came into being. What problems existed that the New Deal programs sought to remedy? How did they plan to do so?
Students will consider whether the programs of the New Deal succeeded. This last objective will be determined through the use of critical thinking and personal reasoning,
and all students may not come to the same conclusions.
Unit Summary:
This unit is for 11th grade United States History students. It will cover a tumultuous period in American politics. In the wake of an economic collapse and the devastation of
the Dust Bowl, millions are left jobless and the average income has dropped by 40%. We will look at the steps taken by the federal government, led by President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, to return the country to prosperity and to prevent future depressions. We will also consider how these steps impacted the nature of government in
America.
Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level:
Brainstorm the problems that people faced during the
Great Depression.
Formative:
Questions: Looking at the results of the brainstorm,
what programs dealt with the problems that we
noted?
Summative:
Exam: A 30 question fill-in-the-blank exam on key
terms and people
Essay: Write 2 pages describing and evaluating an
Concept Map: In groups, refer to your guided notes to
determine whether the programs we covered fit with
FDRs plans for Relief, Reform, or Recovery.
Flashcards: Complete the flashcards on important
figures of the New Deal
Game: In class Jeopardy-style test-prep game.
assigned New Deal program. Submit one rough draft
for peer review and one final draft.
Lesson 1 Teacher Lecture
Student Learning Objective:
2) Students will be able to
differentiate between and
define the major components of
the New Deal plan.
3) Students will be able to
explain why the New Deal came
into being. What problems
existed that the New Deal
programs sought to remedy?
How did they plan to do so?
Acceptable Evidence:
Thoughtful completion of
the guided notes in
accordance with
instruction, receiving a
minimum of a C grade.
Evidence of critical
thinking is especially
required in determining
which program to support
or dismiss and why.
Instructional Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction
Lesson Activities:
Students will follow a Prezi lecture on New Deal programs, viewing all slides,
images and videos included. They will work on guided notes while viewing the
lecture, which include a matching section on program acronyms, questions on the
purposes of Relief, Reform, and Recovery, and a question on one program that
they would choose to dismiss or support.
Lesson 2 Webquest
1) Students will be able to
identify important players in
crafting and implementing the
New Deal, as when as articulate
what their contributions to the
New Deal were.
2) Students will be able to
differentiate between and
define the major components of
the New Deal plan.
3) Students will be able to
explain why the New Deal came
into being. What problems
existed that the New Deal
programs sought to remedy?
How did they plan to do so?

Acceptable Evidence:
Thoughtful completion of
the Webquest activity
assignment in accordance
with instruction, receiving
a minimum of a C grade.
Instructional Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction
Lesson Activities:
Students will go to the five websites indicated on the activity and follow the
instructions for each. Activities for the websites include answering questions
about a video, finding information in an article, reflecting on an article using
previous knowledge and current events, taking a quiz on how people felt about
the Social Security Act and then imagining how they would have reacted at the
time, and finally taking an assessment quiz.
Lesson 3 Graphic Organizer
Student Learning Objective:
This assignment will address
out 4th learning objective:
Students will consider whether
the programs of the New Deal
Acceptable Evidence:
Thoughtful completion of
the guided notes in
accordance with
instruction, receiving a
Instructional Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Lesson Activities:
Students will read an assigned article. Using an assigned double-entry journal
form, students will then reflect in one to two sentences each on five quotes or
ideas from the text.
succeeded minimum of a C grade.
Evidence of critical
thinking is especially
required in the responses
to the text.
Organization
Interaction
Unit Resources:
America, The Story of Us: The Great Depression (Video, 4 min): http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/videos/the-great-depression
10 Things You May Not Know About the Dust Bowl, by Christopher Klein (Article): http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-dust-bowl
President Roosevelt's Fireside Chat from May 7, 1933 (Video, 2 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvGQO5L84EU
Frances Perkins: Honoring the Achievements of FDRs Secretary of Labor (Article): http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/aboutfdr/perkins.html
Periodic Table of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal Programs (Infographic): http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/education/resources/pdfs/periodictablenewdeal.pdf
Constitutional Issues: Separation of Powers (Article): http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/separation-powers/
Coughlin Denounces New Deal (Video, 4 min): http://www.history.com/topics/new-deal/videos/coughlin-denounces-new-deal
The Living New Deal (Map): http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/map/
Where Was the New Deal (Activity): http://docsteach.org/activities/74/detail
New Deal (Slideshow): http://www.history.com/topics/new-deal/pictures/new-deal-programs/by-vera-bock-2
Government Camp Song (Audio): http://www.loc.gov/item/afcts.5101a1
Useful Websites:
Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov
National Archives: http://www.archives.gov
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library: fdrlibrary.marist.edu
Our Documents, a cooperative effort among National History Day, The National Archives and Records Administration, and USA Freedom Corps: http://ourdocuments.gov
Social Security Administration: http://ssa.gov