Unit 9

CHANGING TIMES TEACHER'S GUIDE

Standards Used:

Lesson 1: Dust and Depression

          4.US.1.2  Population changes; farming issues

          4.US.2.3  Peter Norbeck

          4.G.2.1  Environment and settlement issues

          4.E.1.1  Agriculture; industry; dwindling resources; tourism

Lesson 2: A New Deal and a New War

        4.W.1.1  World War II; rationing; economy

          4.E.1.1  Industry

Lesson 3: People on the Move

          4.US.1.2  Population shift from rural to urban

          4.W.1.1  Cold War; Korean War

          4.G.1.2  Missouri River dams

        4.E.1.1  Agriculture; manufacturing; industry

Lesson 4: A New Age

          4.US.1.2  Native American and non-Native American relationships

          4.C.1.2  Equal Rights Amendment; American Indian Movement

Time:

Four class periods, thirty minutes each

Lesson 1: Dust and Depression

Lesson 2: A New Deal and a New War

Lesson 3: People on the Move

Lesson 4: A New Age

Background Information:

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Teacher's Reading List

Student's Reading List

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Reading Level measured by the Flesch-Kincaid scale: 4.9

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