Internet Workshop for Bud, Not Buddy

 

 

 

 

Workshop 2

 

 

 

This internet workshop will introduce you to Hoovervilles. 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. I would like you to complete a presentation of your information using PowerPoint or construct a What Am I Poem, Who Am I Poem, or I Poem, or design another form of graphically depicting the information: http://www.graphic.org/index.html.

Please complete the following workshop. See rubric for presentation information:

Read about Hoover as President  and then click on http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=a2013760-h&templatename=/article/article.html Scroll down to President to read how President Hoover's administration "handled" the depression. Do you believe his methods were effective? Please be prepared to justify your response. Next you will click on the following websites to learn about Hoovervilles.


http://encarta.msn.com/media_461520899_761570424_-1_1/Hoovervilles.html


http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/doclibrary/doclibrary_Hoovers.html


http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1642.html


Please answer the following questions:

What were Hoovervilles? When were they created? Why were they created?

Why do you believe the Federal Government had difficulty taking care of its people during this time?

Then click on

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/depwwii/depress/hoovers.html


http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/hstaa432/lesson_19/hooverville.html


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photographs depicting "Hoovervilles." Please describe your feelings after viewing these pictures. Report back to the group your findings on Hoover's administration and "Hoovervilles."