The Library of Congress

The Great Depression and the 1990s
Unit Evaluation

Built into this unit there are several assessments

• Group newspaper article on welfare mothers
  
• Individual piece of creative writing based on a 1930s photograph
  
• Position paper on current welfare state issue

Final evaluation of the unit will contain two items: a two-part essay and a bibliography.

Essay: For the first part of the essay, the student will compose a thought- provoking essay question on the Great Depression and its effects today. The student will, at home, answer the question in 250-400 words. On the day that the writing is due, students will turn in the question and answer as well as a copy of the question only; the teacher will collect the questions and redistribute them. Students will spend the period answering the question they received. The day following the in-class write, students will assess the piece of writing done by the class member who answered their question.

Bibliography: Students will turn in a list of the resources they used on all parts of this project. The bibliography needs to include but is not limited to:

• two web sites
• two specialized books (inc. Hard Times)
• one generalized book (encyclopedia, textbook)
• one photograph
• one oral history interview with a person who lived through the GreatDepression