Day+3+Lesson+Plan

Day 3: New Deal/Economics

Timeline: 2 hours

Objectives: Students will identify how the New Deal gave Americans renewed hope. Students will ask questions to deepen understanding. Students will draw conclusions/infer. Students will convert decimal numbers to percents. Students will use fractions, decimals, and percents for comparisions. Students will calculate the percent of a number. Students will take notes.

Materials: http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/videos#the-new-deal-how-does-it-affect-us-today http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ (inflation calculator) http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-54463_19268_20778-52530--,00.html (then and now price list) calculators student journals chart paper

Procedures: 1. Students will review notes from previous days. Students will discuss the solutions they created. 2. Teacher will introduce the solution the government created. 3. Teacher will show film about New Deal. Students will take notes. 4. Students will **Think/Pair/Share** with a partner. Students will **discuss** content and questions they have and share notes from film. 5. Students will **evaluate** the success of the New Deal and discuss how this solution has impacted our country today. Students will share **questions** about New Deal and anything else concerning Great Depression. Teacher will chart repsonses. 6. Teacher will introduce and explain inflation. Class will discuss examples of inflation. 7. Teacher will show students the price list from then and the comparison to now. Class will discuss the difference in prices. 8. Teacher will pass out calculators. 9. Teacher will display the inflation calculator and explain how to determine inflation on their calculators. 10. Students will work in **small groups** to figure inflation costs on many items. 11. Teacher will create an anchor chart with some examples of prices for items then and now. 12. Students will add the inflation formula to journal along with a few examples of items with inflated costs.

Assessment: Teacher will observe students:
 * watching the film
 * taking notes
 * Think/Pair/Share
 * responses
 * calculating inflation
 * discussion