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**SS-HS-5.1.1:** Students will use a variety of tools (e.g., primary and secondary sources, data, artifacts) to analyze perceptions and perspectives (e.g., gender, race, region, ethnic group, nationality, age, economic status, religion, politics, geographic factors) of people and historical events in the modern world. (The Great Depression and the New Deal)
 * Unit Established Goals: **
 * SS-HS-1.1.3:** Students will evaluate how the U.S. government’s response to contemporary issues and societal problems (e.g., education, welfare system, health insurance, childcare, crime) reflects the needs, wants and demands of its citizens (e.g., individuals, political action committees, special interest groups, political parties. (The Great Depression and the New Deal)
 * SS-HS-1.2.1:** Students will analyze how powers of our government are distributed and shared among levels and branches and evaluate how this distribution of powers protects the “common good” (e.g., Congress legislates on behalf of the people; the President represents the people as a nation; the Supreme Court acts on behalf of the people as a whole when it interprets the Constitution.
 * SS-HS-2.2.1: **Students will explain how various human needs are met through interaction in and among social institutions (e.g., family, religion, education, government, economy in the modern world and the United States.
 * SS-HS-3.1.1:** Students will give examples of and explain how scarcity of resources necessitates choices at both the personal and societal levels in the modern word and the United States and explain the impact of those choices.

1) What effects and social impacts did the Great Depression and the New Deal have on America?
 * Unit Essential Questions: **

2) How did the U.S. government's response to societal problems reflect the needs, wants, and demands of its citizens?

3) What evidence can be drawn from primary and secondary documents from the Great Depression and New Deal era?

4) How effective was the New Deal Plan?

5) What are some similiarities and differences of the Great Depression/New Deal era and America's current economic situation?


 * Unit Understanding: **

1) Students will understand that there were various causes of the Great Depression.

2) Students will understand that the Great Depression and the New Deal had many social impacts and effects on America.

3) Students will understand that one's personal background, values and attitudes could cause different outlooks and opinions of the New Deal.

4) Students will understand that they can connect history (the Great Depression and New Deal era) to contemporary events and their own lives.

5) Students will understand that primary and secondary resources can help them analyze perceptions and perspectives of historical events.