Unit Pack: The Great Depression (UK Spelling & Usage)

Teach Economic Crisis as a Human Story: From Hoovervilles to the New Deal

The Great Depression is a foundational topic, but how do you teach its complexity while also making it relatable to today's economic anxieties?

This Unit Pack: The Great Depression, part of The Human History Project’s Ready, Click, Teach series, provides a complete, 8-lesson program designed to transform your instruction. This unit empowers students to analyse the complex causes of economic collapse, understand the human impact on families and communities, and critically compare the contrasting leadership responses of Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Purchase once, and you are licensed to use this comprehensive, user-friendly digital package with all of your students, year after year.

Why Choose This Unit Pack?

This unit is meticulously structured for rigorous historical and economic analysis, ensuring your students engage with the content at a higher level.

• High-Stakes, Skills-Focused Project: The capstone is the Survive the Slump: A Community Crisis Plan project. Students step into 1932 to create a local-level crisis plan focused on Relief, Recovery, and Reform, guiding them to create realistic solutions without relying on the Federal government's New Deal. It concludes with a modern-day comparison to issues like job loss or housing debt.
• Deep Cause-and-Effect Analysis: Dedicated lessons break down the entire cycle of collapse, from the pre-Depression "Roaring Twenties" (overproduction, buying on margin, speculation) to the chain reaction of Bank Failures and the global economic slowdown.
• Contrasting Leadership and Philosophy: Students critically compare:
  • Herbert Hoover's belief in local charities and limited government intervention, and
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt's aggressive approach with the New Deal and its goals of Relief, Recovery, and Reform.
• Focus on Human Impact: Includes materials detailing the social cost, such as the rise of Hoovervilles and the environmental devastation of the Dust Bowl.

What's Included in Your Instant Download?

You receive a complete, ready-to-teach package for an 8-lesson unit:

• Teaching Slides
• Lesson Plans (8 complete, fully-scaffolded lessons, 45–60 mins each)
• Unit Project Guide & Rubric (The "Survive the Slump" Crisis Plan)
• Unit Revision Guide (A concise, print-ready document covering all key terms and concepts)
• Unit Assessment (Multiple choice, vocabulary matching, and critical thinking questions)
• Ready-to-Use Worksheets for Core Topics

Ready to empower your students to analyse the most severe economic crisis of the modern world? Click "Add to Cart" and bring The Great Depression Unit Pack to your classroom today!