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=G.R.A.S.P.S= //( Feel free to copy and paste what you have on your wiki page for Dr. Grace for the GRASPS portion.)// Presentation: content 30%, terminology 10%, preparedness 20%, creativity 20%, time limit 10%, speaks clearly 10% || =Understanding(s)= •identifying the many events, turning points, consequences, and historical eras, during the United States Depression will help them identify the resulting events that lead to the New Deal •analyzing the events, turning points, consequences, and historical eras during the United States Depression will help them analyze the resulting events that lead to the New Deal. •analyzing different interpretations and evidence from the depression and New Deal will help them recognize different perspectives on each event.
 * Goal || Your task is to effectively explain how government laws affected the United States economy and and citizens during the four year period you have selected. ||
 * Role || You and your Partners are entering a contest at the Metropolitan Museum. ||
 * Audience || Are the Historians that work at the Metropolitan Museum and their website designers. ||
 * Setting || You and your partners are working towards presenting your timeline as the featured timeline on their website. ||
 * Presentation || Create a digital timeline to explain events, what happened to people and the economy in the Depression. ||
 * Standards || Product: content 30%, creativity 20%, organization 20%, sources cited 10%, media 20%

=Introduction= There is no best way to learn about history. There a quite a few different ways to learn the information. One of the best ways to discover new and exciting occurrences is through a timeline. Not just any ordinary boring timeline, but on a digital timeline. With a digital timeline every facet can come to life with videos and photos. And what better way to use this time, then on an important part like the 1930’s. Imagine photo’s popping out of your timeline from your computer screen. Giving the correct sequence will enable someone to understand the reasons behind and event/occurrence happening. Imagine your work being shown at the Metropolitan Museum for all to see. Can you make an exhibit that would be showcased here?

=Task=  You and your partners are historians who have been selected by the Metropolitan Museum in New York to create an online exhibition for their website. Your group is one of several who will be competing to create the best exhibition, and win the honor of having it displayed on their website. The museum requires that you select a four year period during The Depression and New Deal as a foundation for the online exhibit you will be creating. You must include photos, information, audio/ video in your online exhibit to make your presentation more appealing. Once you have completed your task, the Metropolitan Museum Leaders of the History Department will decide which exhibit will become a part of their website. =Conclusion= Now that you have a better understanding of how the 1930's had a drastic effect on the United States. You can share the struggles of the Depression and compare those struggles with today's economy. If you think it is a rough economy now, it was really down back in the the 30's. This ten year span was called the worst economic breakdown off all time. Your determination to show the effects the market crash had on the country will win you the contest shown for Metropolitan Museum Website. The amount of creativity you use on this presentation can distinguish yourself from the rest of the entries. Will you be lucky enough to get in?