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Lesson Plan #8

Radio Program # 8
The New Deal

Objectives for Students - To identify the projects of the New Deal Programs.

Placement in Curriculum/Subject Areas - History, Social Studies and Civics

Organization of Classes - small groups

Materials Needed - Countdown To Millennium web site (www.frognet.net/countdown)

Radio Activity - Have students identify the differences and similarities between the CCC and the WPA. What projects can be identified in the local area?

Interview Activity - Interview someone who lived during the time period and either participated in the New Deal Projects or remembers others doing so.

Additional Activities - Debate whether the WPA or CCC are needed now.

Take a field trip to nearby CCC project or ask the class to map possible CCC projects along their buss routes.

Assessment of Student Performance - Teacher judgment of classroom participation.


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