SI+Gr.+Dep.+Assignment

= CREC - TAH - Summer Institute Great Depression Assignment =

Working in groups of 2-4, please complete two tasks: 1) Create an addendum to your textbook's section on the Great Depression. 2) Create a lesson about the Great Depression that uses the textbook addendum as a major component.

This assignment must be turned in on Friday, July 16th. If it is incomplete, please turn in whatever is done to that point and e-mail the completed assignment to alan.marcus@uconn.edu and araymond@crec.org no later than August 20th.

**__Textbook Addendum__**

Please write an addendum or supplement to your textbook. Choose a theme/focus for your addendum from the list below. These are general suggestions; feel free to modify to fit your curriculum and students as necessary. The length and scope is up to you. What is most important is that whatever you create is something that you will actually use. This is not simply a workshop activity.
 * The Great Depression through art, music and/or photos.
 * Teaching controversial issues from the Great Depression
 * The Great Depression through fiction
 * The impact of the Great Depression on ordinary people
 * Connections between the Great Depression and the "Great Recession"

**Required Elements for Textbook Section:**
 * Text for your addendum section.
 * Images, primary sources, and any other materials that will accompany the text.
 * As part of our assessment requirements for the Federal TAH grant you must include the three components listed below. Please include a short memo with your lesson plan that details how you did that:
 * 1) use at least one specific resourcce from our sessions during the yer (primary source, other reading, etc.)
 * 2) incorporate at least one pedagogical practice from our sessions during the year; and
 * 3) use at least one technology resource (such as a website) from out sessions either in the textbook addendum or as a resource in creating the addendum

**Lesson:** Create a lesson (of any length) that uses your textbook addendum as one of the main resources and that you will use within your Great Depression unit next year.
 * Brief (few sentences overview of the lesson)
 * Lesson objectives/guiding questions.
 * Outline of lesson activities.
 * List of any resources you use in addition to the textbook addendum.

Here are some website that you might find helpful: [|http://www.authentichistory.com] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [|http://www.landmarkcases.org] [] [|Gilder Lehrman - History Now] - "//Shaping the American Economy" [|National History Education Clearninghouse]//
 * From Alan:**
 * From Anne:**