Internet Workshop for Bud, Not Buddy

This internet workshop will introduce you to our unit on Bud, Not Buddy. This book takes place in Michigan during the Great Depression. You will have an opportunity to explore information on the Internet. Take notes in your Internet Journal. Come prepared to share your information at our workshop session. We will discuss possible ways of presenting your information.

Remember when you are presenting your information, it is good to make sure you have covered:
Who it is about, What happened, Where, When, Why, and How .

1. Go to the bookmark I have set for The Great Depression http://www.museum.siu.edu/university_museum/museum_classroom_grant/Museum_Explorers/school_pages/bourbonnais/

Now click on Causes. Read about several of the causes that are of interest to you. Take notes and be ready to share some of the causes of The Great Depression during workshop.

2. Go to the kids thinkquest http://library.thinkquest.org/J001569/

You will click on the Dow Jones Industrial Average | Stock Market Crash | to find out some important information. This will help us to better understand how our country ended up in a depression. You will then click on Whose Fault Is It? to find how all of this information comes together. Take good notes and be ready to share with us all of the information you uncovered.

3. Click on Hoover and the Depression to find out how President Hoover's administration "handled" the depression. Do you believe his methods were effective? Please be prepared to justify your response. Then click on http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/depwwii/depress/hoovers.html
and then click on http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/hstaa432/lesson_19/hooverville.html for information about Hoovervilles. Please be able to describe your feelings after viewing these pictures. Report back to the group your findings on Hoover's administration and "Hoovervilles."

4.  As a result of The Great Depression, many things were happening in our country. Labor Unions were on the rise. Click on http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums/hismus/1900-75/depressn/labnews2.html  and then click on Labor unions rise!. Read this information and report back on what you found out about the history of labor unions. Many programs were established as a result of The Great Depression. Click on Relief in sight! to find out about the effects of the depression. You may also be interested in learning about FDR and the many programs  he implemented to bring relief during these horrific times. Choose several effects of the depression, read, take good notes and be ready to report your findings.

5. Be a detective. Try to find out who the authors of the website are and where the information comes from. Do you trust these sources? Why or why not? What can you do to make sure that the information you are reading is accurate?