name Cara llore

Class/Sub[ecL 8
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grade Amerlcan PlsLory/8adlo ln CreaL uepresslon
SLudenL Cb[ecLlves/SLudenL CuLcomes
O SLudenLs wlll relaLe Lhe culLural lmporLance of Lhe radlo durlng Lhe CreaL uepresslon Lo how lL ls
sLlll used Loday
O SLudenLs wlll compose Lhelr own radlo show Lo demonsLraLe LhaL Lhey undersLand Lhe
clrcumsLances LhaL people llved ln durlng Lhe uepresslon
ConLenL SLandards18A3a
O plaln how language llLeraLure Lhe arLs archlLecLure and LradlLlons conLrlbuLe Lo Lhe
developmenL and Lransmlsslon of culLure

MaLerlals/8esources/1echnology
O CompuLer
O 9ro[ecLor
O 9ower9olnL
O Iolce recorders
O 1wo Craphlc Crganlzers for CurLls
1eacher's Coals
O Show Lhe effecL LhaL radlo had on Lhe currenL perlod and sLlll Loday
O Pope LhaL sLudenLs come away wlLh a greaLer appreclaLlon of whaL people had Lo llve Lhrough
durlng Lhe uepresslon
1lme
23 mlnuLes SLarL of Class 1eacher wlll play muslc or oLher eamples of audlo from Lhe radlo durlng
Lhe CreaL uepresslon ln Lhe background as sLudenLs enLer class 1hen have sLudenLs
llsLen Lo muslc for a mlnuLe afLer bell rlngs
23 mlnuLes lnLroducLlon of Lesson Ask Lhe class lf Lhey llsLen Lo Lhe radlo? Pow ofLen? Pow else
do Lhey geL access Lo muslc shows enLerLalnmenL and news? 1eacher wlll Lhen eplaln
how radlo was eLremely lmporLanL Lo adulLs and chlldren
2023
mlnuLes

Lesson lnsLrucLlon 8egln 9ower9olnL 1he Leacher wlll lecLure by 9ower9olnL Lalklng
abouL Lhree eamples durlng Lhe CreaL uepresslon muslc radlo shows and flreslde
chaLs" SLudenLs are epecLed Lo Lake noLes ln Lhelr hlsLory noLebooks one Lhe maLerlal
presenLed ln Lhe lecLure l wlll provlde CurLls wlLh a graphlc organlzer Lo Lake hls noLes
on Also durlng Lhe lecLure lnLegraLe quesLlons Lo break up Lhe noLe Laklng and
provlde CurLls wlLh leadlng quesLlons Lo geL Lo correcL answers l wlll also hlghllghL or
underllne key Lerms so he knows whaL he should wrlLe down
Muslc
O 8lg bands dance folk and Amerlcan muslc
O 1he SLar Spangled 8anner as Lhe naLlonal anLhem
O 9lay abouL a mlnuLe of each eamples
8adlo Shows
O amples of speclflc shows and how lL was used for news
O Compare how Lhey used radlo durlng Cu and how we use 1I
O ulscuss how Lhe mood was always llghL
llreslde ChaLs
O uescrlbe whaL Lhey are
O Ildeo of lu8 glvlng flrsL flreslde chaL on Lhe banklng crlsls
O 1eacher wlll pass ouL handouL of Lhe lu8's speech so sLudenLs can follow along
O hLLp//wwwamerlcanrheLorlccom/speeches/fdrflrsLflresldechaLhLml
O Je wlll llsLen Lo Lhe flrsL 3 mlnuLes
O 8efore llsLenlng Lo audlo go over challenglng vocab from Lhe handouL
O CurLls wlll llsLen Lo audlo buL l wlll cover up secLlons of paragraphs LhaL aren'L
belng read so he can focus on a small secLlon of LeL

lollowlng Lhe audlo Lhe Leacher wlll pose a few quesLlons Lo Lhe class ln order Lo have a
shorL dlscusslon
O lf you were a person llvlng durlng Lhls Llme whaL would be your flrsL reacLlon Lo
hearlng Lhls chaL?
O JhaL would be your oplnlon of lu8?
O Jould people have Lhe same reacLlon Loday lf Lhey heard Lhls?
AfLer Lhe dlscusslon sLudenLs wlll be glven anoLher handouL of Lhelr homework whlch
ls Lhelr assessmenL

20 mlnuLes AssessmenLs/Checks for undersLandlng 1eacher wlll pass ouL second handouL Lo
sLudenLs SLudenLs wlll be glven a volce recorder Lo make Lhelr own flvemlnuLe radlo
show segmenL 1hey can do a show LhaL Lalks abouL muslc an orlglnal comedy sklL or
kld's show reporLlng on a speclflc evenL ln Lhe news or dolng someLhlng slmllar Lo
lu8's flreslde chaLs SLudenLs wlll record Lhelr show for homework aL home and we
wlll share Lomorrow See full dlrecLlons on handouL below
O Clve CurLls anoLher graphlc organlzer for hlm Lo sLarL wrlLlng hls drafL
O Clve hlm a Llmer wlLh how much Llme l wanL hlm Lo be worklng on Lhls
asslgnmenL and how many senLences l wanL hlm Lo have compleLed durlng LhaL
Llme
O Allow CurLls Lo Lype up hls dlalogue afLer recordlng so LhaL Lhe compuLer can
help hlm wlLh spelllng and grammar errors
23 mlnuLes Closure/Jrapup/8evlew 1he Leacher wlll wrapup Lhe lesson by sLresslng how
lmporLanL radlo was ln Lhe llves of people who llved ln Lhe CreaL uepresslon and how
we sLlll see lLs lmpacL Loday 9eople may noL depend on radlos as much Loday buL Lhey
are sLlll relevanL ln our llves Je sLlll see Lhem ln our cars and we can even llsLen Lo
lnformaLlon broadcasL onllne


















































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lranklln uelano 8oosevelL
llrsL llreslde ChaL
uellvered 12 March 1933 JashlngLon uC
1he 8anklng Crlsls

My friends:
I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking -- to
talk with the comparatively few who understand the mechanics of banking, but more
particularly with the overwhelming majority of you who use banks for the making of
deposits and the drawing of checks.
I want to tell you what has been done in the last few days, and why it was done, and what
the next steps are going to be. I recognize that the many proclamations from State capitols
and from Washington, the legislation, the Treasury regulations, and so forth, couched for
the most part in banking and legal terms, ought to be explained for the benefit of the
average citizen. I owe this, in particular, because of the fortitude and the good temper with
which everybody has accepted the inconvenience and hardships of the banking holiday. And
I know that when you understand what we in Washington have been about, I shall continue
to have your cooperation as fully as I have had your sympathy and your help during the
past week.
First of all, let me state the simple fact that when you deposit money in a bank, the bank
does not put the money into a safe deposit vault. It invests your money in many different
forms of credit -- in bonds, in commercial paper, in mortgages and in many other kinds of
loans. In other words, the bank puts your money to work to keep the wheels of industry and
of agriculture turning around. A comparatively small part of the money that you put into the
bank is kept in currency -- an amount which in normal times is wholly sufficient to cover the
cash needs of the average citizen. In other words, the total amount of all the currency in
the country is only a comparatively small proportion of the total deposits in all the banks of
the country.
What, then, happened during the last few days of February and the first few days of March?
Because of undermined confidence on the part of the public, there was a general rush by a
large portion of our population to turn bank deposits into currency or gold -- a rush so great
that the soundest banks couldn't get enough currency to meet the demand. The reason for
this was that on the spur of the moment it was, of course, impossible to sell perfectly sound
assets of a bank and convert them into cash, except at panic prices far below their real
value. By the afternoon of March third, a week ago last Friday, scarcely a bank in the
country was open to do business. Proclamations closing them, in whole or in part, had been
issued by the Governors in almost all the states. It was then that I issued the proclamation
providing for the national bank holiday, and this was the first step in the Governments
reconstruction of our financial and economic fabric.


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8adlo SegmenL 9ro[ecL name________________________________
JorLh 20 polnLs

Je [usL learned Lhe slgnlflcance of radlo durlng Lhe CreaL uepresslon so now lL ls your Lurn Lo geL
lnvolved ln Lhe eclLemenL! lor Lhls asslgnmenL lmaglne you are a radlo producer llvlng durlng Lhe
1930s looklng Lo sLarL a new radlo show ?our boss ls glvlng you compleLe conLrol over Lhls new show so
you can do can do lL over any Loplc
?ou have bralnsLormed a few ldeas and Lhls ls whaL you came up wlLh a show LhaL Lalks abouL muslc
an orlglnal comedy sklL or kld's show reporLlng on a speclflc evenL ln Lhe news or dolng someLhlng
slmllar Lo lu8's flreslde chaLs Cf course Lhere are sLlll more ldeas you can come up wlLh Powever
your boss wanLs Lo hear Lhe flrsL flvemlnuLe segmenL lmmedlaLely
JlLh Lhe remalnlng Llme ln class declde on your Loplc and begln wrlLlng a drafL of your dlalogue lf you
declde Lo Lalk Lo abouL someLhlng ln Lhe news Lhlnk abouL evenLs we have Lalked abouL over our unlL on
Lhe CreaL uepresslon lor eample Lhe new ueal Poovervllles" Lhe SLock MarkeL Crash and Lhe
uusL8owl ?ou should keep ln mlnd LhaL Lhey have Lo address Lhe Amerlcan people JhaL do you Lhlnk
ls lmporLanL LhaL Lhey should know abouL? JhaL klnd of show do you wanL Lo make? nLerLalnlng?
Serlous? LlfL people's splrlLs?
Check ouL a volce recorder from Ms llore and for homework record your flve mlnuLe radlo segmenL
1ry Lo do your recordlng ln a quleL place lf posslble and remember Lo speak clearly AfLer you make
your recordlng llsLen Lo lL agaln and wrlLe ouL a flnal LranscrlpL of whaL you sald ?ou may wanL Lo Lry
several Lakes of your show unLll you feel comforLable Lalklng and ln case you make any mlsLakes
1omorrow we wlll llsLen Lo everyone's radlo segmenLs durlng class ?ou wlll be graded on creaLlvlLy
your accuracy represenLlng Lhe 1930s and compleLlng Lhe asslgnmenL on Llme
Pappy 8ecordlng!