OUSD | De Tocqueville's Ghost : American History Project

Resources > Curriculum Standards History > OUSD History Standards > Grade 11 Model Lesson OUSD K-12 History / Social Studies Standards MODEl UNlT FOR GRADE 11— THE DEPRESSION Sample Question: What caused the Depression and what were its effects on the American people and the role of government? Grade 11 Topics \| Grade 11 : OUSD Sample Assignments \| Grade 11 OUSD Model Unit Grade 10 Topics \| Grade 10 : OUSD Sample Assignments \| Grade 10 OUSD Model Unit Grade 12 Topics \| Grade 12 : OUSD Sample Assignments \| Grade 12 OUSD Model Unit
Historical Thinking Standard	Assignments / Activities To show evidence of standards, students might:
Chronological/ Spatial Thinking • Location • Sequencing	• Draw a map to locate the Dust Bowl and routes taken to California • Create a timeline that shows events leading to the Great Depression, the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the subsequent New Deal legislation.
Examining Evidence • Examining primary sources (such as photos, artifacts, and documents) • Relationship between primary sources and historical/ geographical context • Author's intentions / perspective	• Read oral histories from Stud Terkel's Hard Times on the Great Depression. • Write captions or news stories to go with textless photographs of Dorothea Lange, Margaret Bourke-White, and Walker Evans. • Examine charts, graphs, and tables that show rising unemployment, GNP, etc. and write text to accompany these charts.
Diversity / Multiple Perspectives • Influences (such as location, race, gender, class, age, sexual orientation) • Empathy	• Explore views of patriotism by writing a learning log. Share the log with others in the class. • Read speeches of political leaders such as Lloyd George and Teddy Roosevelt and compare their ideas to the film Gallipoli.
Interpretation • Constructing historical accounts • Comparing historical accounts • Moral judgment	• Using evidence such as maps, statistics, posters, speeches, and literature, write a one-page analysis of the role nationalism played in World War I and its outcome.
Determining Historical / Geographical Significance • Connect past and present • Causation • Evaluation • Location	• Listen to a lecture on issues of nationalism in the world today and of the struggle of some people to form nations. • Write an opinion piece answering the question," Is nationalism a good thing?", drawing upon their knowledge of World War I and current issues.