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1. Students will learn how effective the New Deal was in ending the Great Depression.  2. Students will learn what common themes emerged in the novels, films, and plays of the New Deal Era.
 * During this period, although the situation was harsh, people enjoyed entertainments such as movies, sports, and novels. Some of the movies focused on the hardships of Great Depression, but most of them were simply to help people escape from the reality of hardships. For example, Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times provided humor as well as King Kong and Snow White entertained everyone from adult to child. In addition, even though the economic hardships limited the ability of people to buy tickets, people still were interested in sports. Multi-sports star like Babe Didrikson and baseball player Babe Ruth were loved by many Americans. Lastly, book was also one of the entertainments. For example, do you all remember "Brave New World" from last year's English class? This book was written in during the New Deal period and it talked about the utopian society which is also escaping from the harsh reality.



NEW DEAL = BAND-AIDS : Attempts to heal the society, but wasn't completely effective.