Unit 7 – Boom and Bust – Project Points

Responses Points Presentations Points

Textbook: American History American Profiles -20
-“Business Booms,” p. 564-568 -7 -Langston Hughes
-“A Time of Unrest,” p. 575-579 -7 -Franklin D. Roosevelt
-“The Stock Market Crash,” p. 586-590 -7
On the Front Page
-“Hard Times at Home,” p. 592-596 -6 -October 24, 1929
-25
-“The New Deal,” p. 598-603 -7 -December 7, 1941

Textbook: The Americans American Peoples -20

“Education and Popular Culture,” p. 652-657 -10 -Hoovervilles
-“The Nation’s Sick Economy,” p. 670-677 -8 -The Bonus Army
-The Dust Bowl Okies
-“A New Deal Fights the Depression,” p. 694-700 -10
-“The Second New Deal Takes Hold,” p. 701-707 -8 Science, Technology and Communication
-“The New Deal Affects Many Groups,” p. 710-715 -10 -The radio -20
-Mass production and consumption
Textbook: Creating America -Hydroelectricity
-“The Jazz Age … Harlem Renaissance,” p. 717-721 -8
-“Life During the Depression,” p. 739-743 -8 Book Report -30
-The Effects of the New Deal,” p. 746-749 -The Sun Also Rises
-8 -The Great Gatsby
-Of Mice and Men
Blog Post -The Grapes of Wrath
-The Great Depression vs. the Great Recession -10
The Laws of the Land -20
Class Forum -The 18th and 21st Amendments
-Programs of the New Deal -The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
-8
-The Scopes Trial
Infographic Activity -7 Research Paper -30
-The Roaring ‘20s
Vocabulary Activity -5 -The New Deal

Curriculum created by Joel Troge – The International High School at Lafayette – 2010
Curriculum created by Joel Troge – The International High School at Lafayette – 2010