Making Sense of the 20's and into the Great Depression

Today, we'll start by reviewing the slide shows you created in class at the beginning of the week.

• Period 56 Slideshow
• Period 78 Slideshow

In our notebooks, we'll respond by identifying and reflecting on the promises and problems of the era. Consider the different parts of society impacted by the events of the era: political, social, economic, and cultural.

1. Based on the slideshow, what was one of the main problems (issues, concerns) of the era? Name one or more of the slides where you see that happening and comment on it.
2. Based on the slideshow, what was one of the main promises (positive advances, ideals) of the era? Name one or more of the slides where you see that happening and comment on it.

Next, we'll watch the last five minutes of The Century: Boom to Bust and the first twenty minutes of The Century: Stormy Weather taking notes in our notebooks as we watch.  We'll return to our "characters" that we created for the slide show and consider how they may react to the events portrayed in our notebook.
We'll explore how Franklin Roosevelt proposed to address the issues faced by reading his First Inaugural Address, annotating for how he identified the problems and promises faced and discussing what messages he was sending to the nation. We'll use these questions to guide our work: First Inaugural Questions.