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Presentation Keynote

Timeline:

10 Minutes: Bellwork / Fireside Chats 15 Minutes: Presentation 20 Minutes: Debate 10 Minutes: Presentation 10 Minutes: Game 10 Minutes: Quiz

New Deal Topics: How effective was the New Deal in ending the Great Depression? Identify the leading opponents of New Deal policies and assess their arguments

Part 1 (Brief Summary) -Ask the class what do they think the meaning of the New Deal is -Background information how New Deal come into play -Explain the 3 R’s: Relief, Recovery, and Reform -Negative and positive views

Part 2 (Presentation) Opponents of New Deal policy -reformers and radical view points how the New Deal did not fully revived the economy -Huey P. Long, Senator of Louisiana, believed that New Deal was only favorable to banks and businesses (“Every Man a King”) -Father Charles Coughlin, Catholic priest, declared that the president is controlling too much power -Dr. Francis Townsend declared that New Deal is not supporting for the seniors -proposed pension idea

Overall from the courts -threatened to change the balance of power among the president, Congress, and the courts -New Deal gave too much power to the president (dictatorship) -President appointed administrators for making laws instead of Congress -violate the Constitution -led to re-election

Women & minorities -Eleanor Roosevelt influenced women for hope -women working in a major part of the society i.e. leader in several New Deal agencies, secretary of the Treasury, and etc -New Deal created opportunities for African Americans -vote -supporting the African Americans due to the severe punishment during the Civil War -favored Democratic Party -photography to show how devastating their lives was

New Deal in ending the Great Depression -overall, it benefitted the United States -established minimum wage -maximized the number of hours required in a week -gave new opportunities to the middle and low class including African Americans -equal balancing power among the branches -created more jobs and better living standards

Part 3 -iMovie (possibly) -Video of Great Depression -Quiz based on the powerpoint -Activity -Jeopardy(maybe) -Compare and contrast this last year’s economic recession to the Great Depression


 * WE MIGHT CHANGE AND ADD SOME INFORMATION AS WE CREATE THE POWERPOINT