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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.

Economics focused lessons on the Great Depression. Some use primary source data. Some sources are fictionalized letters.

Classroom and public resources from the Fed. Includes lesson ideas

6:28 segment on a successful Lakota boy living in poverty

Data mapping tool. Users can create thematic maps based on data. Historical data.

Tools to view and download raw data, graph the data, and work

Source materials from the 1700s to the present. Primary source documents; maps; financial history and business cycles from the to the early-mid-20th Century.

Links to a map that teachers could manipulate, includes commentary by Historian Claudia Saunt