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How were Americans feeling in the autumn of 1937?
What is the standard interpretation of the GD?
What is the usual rebuttal to the standard interpretation?
What are the similarities and differences between Hoover and FDR?
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Was he a compassionate man of the people who salvaged and strengthened the American system, or a political opportunist who irresponsibly expanded the power of government to the detriment of society?
What were the strengths and what were the shortcomings of the New Deal?
Whose responsibility is it care for the elderly and those unable to work?
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Find Historian Interpretations in Blackboard - read and share your understanding of argument with someone around you
Working in groups of 3 read Documents A, B, C. Use the questions below to guide your reading:
Doc A. Sourcing : Who gave the speech, when, who is the intended audience, how might these details influence the content and tone of the speech?
Close Reading: What 4 programs are included in the SS bill? How does SS represent FDR's "relief, recovery, and reform" (use evidence to support your answer)?
Doc B: Close Reading: What groups does Houston say are excluded from SS?
Corroborating: What would Houston say about FDR's speech (Doc A)?
Doc C: Sourcing: What does the author tell us about herself? What king of person do you think she is based on the information in this letter? Close Reading: What was M.A. counting on to support her in old age? And why has she lost faith that this will support her? Contextualizing: How does this author generally feel about the New Deal? How does her phrase "security at the price of freedom"capture those feelings?
Was the New Deal a Success or a Failure?
Find your assigned readings and analysis questions in blackboard.
Half of you will be required to argue that it was a success and the other half will argue that it was a failure. You will need to use evidence from the documents to support your assigned argument.
Before I assign roles you will need to become experts in your set of documents then teach your group
What were some of the good and bad ideas of each president?
How did FDRs consistent experimentation impact the GD?
Why did the GD last so long?
Why did the FDR get reelected?
Who did the federal gov't neglect in their economic policies?
Who is the forgotten man according to Sumner?
Who is the forgotten man according to FDR?
What is Shales' argument?
Do you agree or does she convince you?
Why or why not?