5/9 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative! The mood for your story should be depressing.

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3. Learning Farm-Keep Working hard!

4. EOG Prep Packet-Practice, practice, practice......

5. Channel One-We are going to watch Channel One news. Afterwards, you are to got to your Social Studies google doc and answer the following questions about the newscast. Remember to use complete sentences, and fully explain your answers.

1. What were the stories on today's newscast

2. Explain how each story might impact your life.

6. Great Depression-We are going to take some time to look at this terrible period of history.

7. Great Depression-We are going to finish up looking at the Great Depression today. The following article contains an excellent overview of the Depression. Read carefully!

8. Great Depression Questions- On a blank sheet of paper, answer the following questions You do not have to rewrite the question, but your answers need to be in complete sentences.

1. Who was the President of the United States when the Great Depression began?

2. What happened on October 29th, 1929?

3. Why was this depression so hard on farmers?

4. What does the quote "ride the rails" refer to?

5. What was a "Hoover Wagon"?

6. What U.S. President created the New Deal?

7. Name two different New Deal programs.

8. What finally ended the Great Depression? Explain why it did.