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ILC 4th Grade Social Studies: The Great Depression and The Dust Bowl Unit

Social Studies
Grade Level
04
Course Format
Unit
License
CC BY
Course Description

This is unit 1 of 4 units. The sequence of units is available in the Read Me First Materials in each unit. In this unit, students will investigate the time period of the Great Depression through a variety of primary and secondary sources. They will use the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) to generate questions and then investigate primary and secondary sources to gain an understanding of how people, including the government, dealt with the devastation of The Dust Bowl. Students will analyze sources, evaluate information, gather evidence and make claims about the ideas of scarcity, the New Deal, poverty and how farmers dealt with the environmental changes.

Standards
These instructional materials are available to assist educators in implementing Iowa’s Academic Standards. Curriculum leaders and teachers should review these instructional materials to ensure full implementation of Iowa’s Academic Standards in the local curriculum. Each module identifies standards that are addressed and assessed.
Prerequisites

None

SCED Code
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Lead developer
Tasha Johnson
Course Updates
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