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PowerPacks for US History  |  The Great Depression
	A. PowerPack: Great Depression The PowerPack includes the PowerPointŪ presentation with Teacher Notes, Document Analysis set and Internet Activities for this unit focusing on the 1920s, the factors leading up to the 1929 Stock Market crash, and the way the Depression affected real people across the country. PRICE: $39.85
	B. PowerPointŪ Only: Great Depression This PowerPoint reviews the innovations that transformed the American economy in the 1920s and the factors that led to the Crash of 1929. Students will explore the human cost of the Great Depression and the preliminary governmnet response to this economic crisis. 43 Slides. PRICE: $19.95
	C. Document Analysis Set Only: Great Depression Documents include Activity 1: Analyzing the Stock Market - How to read a stock table; October 29, 1929 stock table; Chart analysis - The Stock Market 1920-1929. Activity 2: The Bank Holiday - President Roosevelt's fireside chat "On the Banking Crisis"; Run on the Bank photo analysis. Activity 3: Letters to Mrs. Roosevelt - primary source document analysis describing conditions during the Depression. Activity 4: Philosophies of Two Presidents - Challenge of the Great Depression photo analysis; responses of Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt to the Great Depression. Activity 5: The Human Cost of the Great Depression - Photo analyses of the experiences of migrant farmers, African Americans and children. 53 pages. PRICE: $9.95
	D. Internet Activities Only: Great Depression Activity 1: Dust Bowl Refugees - Picturing the "Forgotten People"; Activity 2: The Bonus Army - Press and Public Response; Activity 3: President Hoover's Response to the Great Depression; Activity 4: The Flint Sit-Down Strike; Activity 5: Comparing Presidential Backgrounds - President Hoover and President Roosevelt. Unit contains teacher briefings, student handouts and suggested responses. 48 pages. PRICE: $9.95