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Relief to Reform: Great Depression New Deal Reading Comprehension Worksheet
By More Lessons Less Planning
Unveiling the New Deal: A Legacy of Relief, Recovery, and Reform
Immerse your students in the rich history and enduring impact of FDR's New Deal! This engaging reading comprehension worksheet delves into the causes, programs, and lasting legacy of this pivotal era in American history. Through compelling text, primary sources, and diverse question formats, students will analyze, compare and contrast, and develop informed perspectives on the New Deal's role in shaping the nation's social and economic landscape.
Content:
- Captivating Narrative: Presents a captivating story of the New Deal, fostering student engagement and curiosity.
- Primary Source Integration: Analyze historical excerpts to gain firsthand insights into the motivations and goals behind the New Deal programs.
- Varied Assessment: Includes multiple choice, true or false, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions to assess comprehension, critical thinking, and historical analysis skills.
- Detailed Answer Key: Provides educators with a quick and easy reference for answer verification.
**Learning Objectives:**Students will be able to explain the historical context and motivations behind the creation of the New Deal.
- Students will be able to identify and analyze the key programs implemented under the New Deal, categorizing them according to their goals (relief, recovery, and reform).
- Students will be able to evaluate the long-term impact of the New Deal on American society, considering both its successes and limitations.
- Students will be able to develop informed perspectives on the role of government intervention in addressing economic and social challenges.
Aligned Common Core Standards:
- RI.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- RI.5.2: Determine the central ideas or author's purpose in a text, and explain how it is developed and supported.
- RI.5.7: Draw inferences from the text and justify conclusions or predictions based on evidence from the text.
- SS.5.1: Explain the social, economic, and political effects of the New Deal and analyze its long-term significance in the United States.
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The Great Depression & New Deal: A Comprehensive Reading Comprehension Bundle
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The Great Depression & New Deal: A Comprehensive Reading Comprehension Bundle
Immerse your students in the complexities of the Great Depression and the New Deal with this captivating reading comprehension bundle! Explore 12 engaging articles that delve into various aspects of this pivotal period in American history, fostering critical thinking, historical analysis, and social awareness.
12 Captivating Topics:
- Crash Course: Understanding the Great Depression
- Beyond Breadlines: The Human Cost of the Great Depression
- FDR's New Deal: A Lifeline in Hard Times
- Building America: The Legacy of New Deal Infrastructure
- From Relief to Reform: The Evolution of the New Deal
- The Debate Continues: Evaluating the New Deal's Success
- Beyond America: The Global Impact of the Great Depression
- Echoes of the Past: The Great Depression's Lessons for Today
- Hoovervilles: Life in the Great Depression
- Dust Bowl Disaster: When the Plains Turned to Powder
- Black Thursday: The Day the Stock Market Crashed
- Tuning In: The Power of FDR's Fireside Chats
Content and Skills:
- Rich Content: Each article offers a concise exploration of a specific topic, enriched by primary sources like newspaper articles, historical data, and visuals (where applicable).
- Varied Assessment: Multiple choice, true or false, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions assess comprehension, critical thinking, and historical analysis skills.
- Detailed Answer Key: Provides educators with a quick and easy reference for answer verification.
Learning Objectives:
- Students will be able to explain the historical context surrounding the Great Depression and the New Deal.
- Students will be able to analyze the causes, impact, and lasting legacy of the Great Depression and the New Deal.
- Students will be able to evaluate different perspectives on the New Deal's effectiveness.
- Students will be able to draw connections between the Great Depression and contemporary issues.
- Students will be able to develop critical thinking and historical analysis skills through guided reading and diverse question formats.
Aligned Common Core Standards:
- RI.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- RI.5.2: Determine the central ideas or author's purpose in a text, and explain how it is developed and supported.
- RI.5.7: Draw inferences from the text and justify conclusions or predictions based on evidence from the text.
- SS.5.1: Explain the social, economic, and political effects of the Great Depression and analyze its long-term significance in the United States.
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Diwali Crown Craft Templates for Cultural Studies & Festivals Around the World
By Mrs Wates Teaching Creations
Diwali Crown Craft Templates for Cultural Studies & Festivals Around the World Crafts. Celebrate the Festival of Lights in a fun and educational way with these Diwali Crown Craft Templates. Featuring 15 unique designs, these printable templates are perfect for incorporating Diwali classroom activities, festivals, and cultural studies. Ideal for Kindergarten, first grade, and elementary students, this craft encourages creativity while enhancing fine motor skills. Your students can color, cut, and assemble their very own Diwali crowns, making it an engaging project for Diwali celebrations or lessons about cultural traditions.
This Product Includes:
- 15 Diwali Crown Templates,
- Coloring in Options,
- Easy to Assemble Side Pieces.
Bring the magic of Diwali into your classroom and support cultural education with these exciting Diwali craft printables. Perfect for festivals, cultural studies, and hands-on activities that celebrate the beauty of Diwali.
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The 13 Colonies Adapted Notes and Review
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This product was made for students to learn the following: Vocabulary words - settlers, rural, colonists, frontier, plantations, treaty, Boston, Philadelphia, New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, beavers, Charleston, the Southern Colonies, and the colonies that are in each of those colonies.
In this product, students will learn about England's first colonies. They will expand upon the first settlements in Jamestown and Plymouth, and will dive into learning about the 13 colonies, students will learn how the 13 colonies are alike, how William Penn helped the colonists and how he formed a relationship with the Indigenous Peoples, the New England Colonies, where they were located, the biggest city in the New England Colonies, how farming was difficult in this area and why, the short growing season of crops, and how they found food, how people earned a living in this colony, the Middle Colonies and how they had rich farmlands available to them, what kinds of crops were grown in this area, the kinds of jobs that people had, why beavers were so important in this colony and what they did with their fur, Philadelphia and how it was developing so much quicker than New York and why, William Penn and what he did when he started the colony of Pennsylvania, what made New York's population increase and how it became the biggest city in the Middle Colonies, the Southern Colonies, the biggest city being Charleston, the kinds of goods that came into the Charleston harbor, what plantations were, the kinds of jobs that were on plantations, the crops that were grown, how plantations needed many slavery, brief introduction to slavery and how they were forced to work on plantations in the south, the frontier, the western edge of the 13 colonies, how entire families needed to work to survive and why, and the kinds of work that frontier settlers needed to do.
The notes are adapted to meet your student's individual learning needs. After reviewing and discussing the notes, there are fill in the blank questions with the missing vocabulary words and a key to help locate answers. Students will also answer comprehension questions to review what was discussed on previous pages, and a chart about the 13 colonies and why they were settled and when. There are several questions that relate with this chart.
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5 Regions of the United States Adapted Notes and Review
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This product was made for students to learn the following: Vocabulary words - earth lodges, adobes, culture, glaciers, tepees, ancestors, longhouses, plateau, basin, artifacts, climate, and totem and their meanings, the first Americans, the Ice Age and how the land was above the water that connected Asia to North America, Bering Land Bridge and who went over the bridge - animals and hunters, the path that the hunters took from Asia to South America along with a map, people of the Americas after the glaciers melted the Indigenous Peoples lived in North and South America and what they needed to do to live, different groups of Indigenous Peoples spread out throughout North and South America and how they had their own culture, Indigenous Peoples lived all over the United States and how there were 5 different culture regions that they lived in - Eastern Woodlands Region, Plains Region, Southwest Region, Northwest Coast Region, and California Intermountain Region - each of these regions talk about the climate in the region, how the Indigenous Peoples found food, and where they lived and why they lived there, learning about the past - artifacts and how they were made in different regions, glaciers and how they still exist, what happens when glaciers get bigger, how fast glaciers move, and how they exist today and where they are located is covered in this product.
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The Road to the Revolution Adapted Notes and Review
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The Road to the Revolutionary War Adapted Notes and Review
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This product was made for students to learn the following: Vocabulary words - parliament, independence, first Continental Congress, Minutemen, repeal, boycott, The Boston Tea Party, Declaration of Independence, imported, and commander.
In this product, students will learn about Independence Day/4th of July and why this holiday is celebrated in the United States of America. Students will also learn about the French and Indian War, who it was between, why it happened, who won the war, where France had colonies and where Great Britain had colonies, the Ohio River Valley, land east and west of the Mississippi River, the importance of beaver pelts and what they were used for, Great Britain implemented a tax that they wanted the Colonists to pay on certain goods, what a tax is, why the colonists were unhappy about this tax, the goods that were taxed, Parliament and the laws they wrote regarding tax, The Stamp Act, what it was, what it required Colonists to do, how the Colonists felt about this, and what the Colonists did to stop this tax are reviewed. Students will learn about other laws that the Parliament passed that had to do with purchasing goods such as tea and paper, what the colonists did about this, and how they felt about this tax, The Boston Massacre, what caused it, where it happened, why it happened, how the Colonists felt and why, what the American Revolution is, what happened after the Boston Massacre with Parliament, The Boston Tea Party, what the Boston Tea Party was, what happened during the Boston Tea Party, how Parliament responded to the actions of the Colonists, The Boston Port Act and the Quartering Act - laws that were imposed by the Parliament, and how the Colonists felt about these laws, the American Revolution - where it started, Minutemen and how they helped during the American Revolution, when the American Revolution began, the first shots of the American Revolution, where the Colonists and the British Soldiers were going and why before and during the American Revolution, Battle at Bunker Hill, what happened during the Battle at Bunker Hill, the Second Continental Congress meeting to discuss needing an army with supplies, the commander - George Washington was chosen to lead the Colonists and why he was chosen for this position, how the Declaration of Independence came about, who was involved with writing the Declaration of Independence, events that led to the Declaration of Independence when looking at a timeline and answering questions pertaining to the timeline are covered. Students will also review Thomas Paine's pamphlet - Common Sense and why he wrote it. A review that includes multiple choice and short answer questions cover a variety of topics covered in this product. This review is located at the back of the product.
The notes are adapted to meet your student's individual learning needs. After reviewing and discussing the notes, they will answer comprehension questions to review what was discussed on previous pages, and a timeline that led to the Declaration of Independence is included, maps that show land east and west of the Mississippi River are included along with a map that shows where the first shots were fired during the American Revolution.
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Community Helpers Picture Activity
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This community helpers student picture activity allows students to learn about community helpers in our community, add a picture of themselves on each community helper, color each community helper, and look at the sentence that says, "My turn" and copy the same sentence on the lines where it says, "Your turn." Community helper pictures include: nurse, doctor, dentist, firefighter, veterinarian, mail carrier, police officer, chef, and construction worker.
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United States Government - Adapted Notes and Review
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The notes are adapted to meet your student's individual learning needs. After reviewing and discussing the notes, there is a review packet that goes through everything that was discussed in the notes. Students will complete fill in the blank questions using a key and answering short answer questions throughout the packet. Students can complete the review independently, with support, or it can be used as an assessment as well.
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