The curriculum begins with a message from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and an introductory essay, "The Great Depression: An Overview," written by David C. Wheelock, a research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and an expert on the Great Depression.
Some great lessons. I personally will be using some form of Lesson 2 - What Do People Say? (work with 6 letters written from various people in the 20s of the causes of the G.D.)
and Lesson 3.What Really Caused the Great Depression? (create a budget sheet before and after the G.D. and identify tradeoffs made.
They have pdf.s available as well as smartboard material.
Mexican Revolution, an uprising that took place roughly between 1910 and 1920, recognized as the first major political, social, and cultural revolution of the 20th century.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History has lessons for documents from their collections relating to: The Stamp Act Crisis, Slavery and Abolition, and Breaking from Great Britain.
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other useful materials for teaching U.S. histor