Publisher's Synopsis
The Primary Sources series is the winner of the 2015 Academics' Choice Awards for the 2015 Smart Book Award in recognition of mind-building excellence. The Great Depression & New Deal Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history of the Great Depression & New Deal. Each primary resource is printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" card stock.
The Great Depression & New Deal Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including:
Analysis
Critical Thinking
Point of View
Compare and Contrast
Order of Events
And Much More!
Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials!
The 20 documents in the Great Depression & New Deal Primary Sources Pack are:
1. Photograph of a crowd outside the New York Stock Exchange after the crash - 1929
2. Photograph of unemployed men waiting outside a soup kitchen in Chicago - February 1931
3. Photograph of a crowd at New York's American Union Bank during a bank run early in the Great Depression - 1931
4. Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt talking to a farmer in Warm Springs, Georgia - 1932
5. Photograph of workers in the Civilian Conservation Corps constructing a road - 1933
6. Letter regarding the funding for the Civilian Conservation Corps - April 5, 1933
7. Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act of 1935 - August 14, 1935
8. Photograph of a "Hoover wagon" - used by farmers to save on gasoline - 1935
9. Photograph of Oklahoma Dust Bowl refugees - San Fernando, California - June 1935
10. Photograph of Florence Thompson with several o
