New+Deal+Culture+Project

You will be working on a short "mini-project" to cover the culture/society of the United States during the Great Depression/New Deal.

**__ Procedure __**
1.Chose one of the topics listed below (Preferably from section 3 or 4) 2. Research it briefly using the internet and your book 3. Go to the following url: [] 4. Your final product for this "mini-project" will be created at the above site. This site allows you to make many creative things. You, however, are limited to choosing either the **Movie Poster**, **Captioner**, or the **Trading Card**. Each of these products allows you to combine visuals with text. Your final product must have a visual of your topic, as well as text which: __highlights the qualities of your topic, describes what it is, ** highlights the significance of your topic in relation to the Great Depression/New Deal **.__ ==== 5. This project will be due on __**Wednesday**__, and you will present your creation to the class. If you are doing a Movie Poster, Captioner, or Motivator, your product must be mounted on a piece of construction paper. If you are doing a trading card, you should have it cut out to the right size and also mount it on a piece of construction paper/tag board. ====

__TOPICS____: Chapter 23__

Section 4 || *** Grant Wood** ||
 * **Clark Gable** || *** Federal Art Project** ||
 * *** //Gone With the Wind// or //The Wizard of Oz// (As they relate to the GD)**
 * *** the Marx Brothers** || *** Edward Hopper** ||
 * *** Jimmy Cagney** || *** Federal Theater Project** ||
 * *** Frank Capra** || *** Richard Wright** ||
 * *** Burns and Allen** || *** __The Grapes of Wrath__** ||
 * *** Bob Hope** || *** John Steinbeck** ||
 * *** Orson Welles** || *** John Dos Passos** ||

Section 3
 * *** Francis Perkins** || *** Indian Reorganization Act [1934]** ||
 * *** Mary McLeod Bethune** || *** Congress of Industrial Orgs. [CIO]** ||
 * *** "Black Cabinet"** || *** John L. Lewis** ||
 * *** Marian Anderson** || *** Walter Reuther** ||
 * *** 1941 March on Washington** || *** Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of NYC** ||

Section 2
 * *** Eleanor Roosevelt** || *** NYA** ||
 * *** the "forgotten man"** || *** Wagner Act [1935]** ||
 * *** Alfred Landon** || *** NLRB** ||
 * *** New Deal Coalition** || *** Fair Labor Standards Act [1938]** ||
 * *** FSA** || *** Social Security Act [1935]** ||
 * *** WPA** || *** Francis Perkins** ||
 * *** infrastructure** || *** REA** ||