New Deal Cereal Box/Can Activity

Your task: Design a cereal box/can advertising and informing APUSH about one New Deal
program. Creativity and effort will be rewarded.
Cover a box/can with colored paper and complete the following.
Front of Box/Can:
complete name of New Deal program
abbreviation of program
art/picture relating to program
a phrase about the program
purpose of the program
Top of Box/Can:
your name
dates of program
purpose of program (must be labeled as relief, reform, or recovery)
Back of Box/Can:
The entire back of the box should have a variety of activitiesthink about the activities found on
cereal boxes todaygames, word searches, puzzles or cartoons about the New Deal program.
Side Panel #1:
Key outcomes/impact of the program you selected (including effects on todays world)
Other programs that were similar to the one you selected
Side Panel #2
Brief description of the legacy of the New Deal (not simply the program)
Brief description of the opponents of the New Deal

New Deal Cereal Box Rubric

Criteria

Points
Points Earned
Possible

Front of Box
Complete name & abbreviation of the New Deal program
Art relating to the program
A phrase about the program
Purpose of the New Deal program

1
1
1
5

Top of Box (Your Name is visible)

Dates of program
Purpose of program (relief, reform, recovery)

1
1

Side Panel One

Description of the programs impact
Description of other key programs
Side Panel Two
Brief description of the New Deal
Brief description of opponents of the New Deal

3
2
5
5

Back Panel
Activities, such as a game, word search, puzzle or cartoon

Total Score

30