Georgia SS5H3.a
The Standard
Discuss the Stock Market Crash of 1929, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, the Dust Bowl, and soup kitchens.
Georgia Standards of Excellence for Social Studies · Explain how the Great Depression and New Deal affected the lives of millions of Americans.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how economic collapse, drought, and unemployment changed daily life during the 1930s. They compare Hoover’s and Roosevelt’s responses and connect soup kitchens to widespread need.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can place major events and leaders in the correct sequence. They can explain how the crash and Dust Bowl caused hardship, and how government responses differed.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think Hoover caused the crash or that Roosevelt ended the Depression immediately. They may confuse the Dust Bowl with the crash or assume soup kitchens served only farmers.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Write four sentences connecting the 1929 crash, Hoover, Roosevelt, the Dust Bowl, and soup kitchens to life during the Depression.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs event, leader, and hardship cards to arrange on a 1929 to 1939 classroom timeline.
Ask students to write which challenge would most affect a family, then support their choice with two historical details.
Play a matching game that pairs Depression-era events and leaders with responses, effects, or examples of hardship.
Compare a 1930s soup kitchen photograph with a current food bank image, then list similarities and differences.
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Explain how the Great Depression and New Deal affected the lives of millions of Americans.
- SS5H3.c
Discuss important cultural elements of the 1930s; include Duke Ellington, Margaret Mitchell, and Jesse Owens.
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