Students explore Herbert Hoover’s response to the Great Depression and its impact on American life. They’ll learn key terms like Hoovervilles, rugged individualism, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Activities include political cartoon analysis, persuasive letter writing, and short-answer questions to show how Hoover’s policies affected everyday Americans.

Included in this resource:

Do Now - “It’s his baby, now” 1933 primary source political cartoon analysis with scaffolding questions
Hoover’s Economics reading passage with scaffolding questions
“Dear President Hoover…” student-centered analysis writing activity with rubric
Application/Closing/Higher-Order Thinking Assessment: How did Herbert Hoover’s response to the Great Depression affect the daily lives of Americans and change the public’s expectations of the federal government?
Answer key for teachers (suggested)
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