The Great Depression

Dear Fifth Graders,

Please work with your group to write an answer for the following essays.  Your answers should be in paragraph format and your text book can be used as a resource. Good luck!

1.  What happened to American farmers on the Great Plains and in the South during the Great Depression?

2.  In what way was President Roosevelt's idea of what government should do to help citizens during the Great Depression more effective than Herbert Hoover's idea of government?

3.  What types of programs made up the New Deal? What effects did these programs have on people and the economy of the United States?

New Territories and WWI

Hello Our Brilliant Students,
Please work with your group to answer one of the essays below.  Make sure you use your textbook as a reference and answer the essay in paragraph form.

1.  In what way did WWI create changes in the US?

2.  How did Theodore Roosevelt help improve the US? List and describe at least three things.

3.  Describe the life of a soldier in WWI.

4.  Why was Alaska beneficial to the US?