Era 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

Era 8: The great depression and world war II (1929-1945)

Era Eight One-page Guide (PDF) (This is a one page document for teachers to reference when creating their lesson plans. By checking the standards that apply, teachers can show how their lessons meet district, state, and national curriculum Standards.)

Era Eight Summary PDF

Era Eight: Standard Guide PDF

Pinterest Board for this Era

“Despite being warned there was no military necessity, and having no evidence of planned sabotage or imminent invasion, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the mass removal of 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast to 10 American concentration camps in seven states." from PBS: Conscience and the Constitution

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Presentations

A New Deal for Whom? The Dawes and General Allotment Acts Professor Walter Fleming, Montana State University Department of Native American Studies
Indian Reorganization Era, The Indian New Deal: 1928-1950 Professor Walter Fleming, Montana State University Department of Native American Studies
Hope in Hard Times: New Deal Photographs of Montana, 1936-1942 Select Bibliography Professor Mary Murphy, Montana State University Department of History and Philosophy
Bibliography: Edwin Dobb, "Pennies from Hell: In Montana, the Bill for America's Copper Comes Due," in Montana Legacy, ed. Harry Fritz, Mary Murphy, and Robert R. Swartout, Jr. (Montana Historical Society Press, Helena, 2002). Google Books Preview
Rebuilding the House of Labor by Dr. Jim Bruggeman
The Causes of the Great (or Not So Great) Depression by Professor Bob Rydell (Rough Presentation Notes) (Video)
Eleanor, Franklin, and the New Deal by Prof. Bob Rydell
The Indian New Deal by Prof. Walter Fleming
Henry Roe Cloud by Prof. Walter Fleming
Prof. Dale Martin, Butte and the First World War
Prof. Mary Murphy, Home, Homefronts, Homelands: Reading Women's History in "Homely" Quilts (PPT); Websites: The Quilt Index, International Quilt Study Center and Museum, Lincoln, NE
The Imprisonment of Japanese Americans in U.S. Concentration Camps by Sam Mihara, former prisoner at Pomona and Heart Mountain Camps
Fighting the White Man’s War: Native Americans and WWII by Professor Walter Fleming, Montana State University Department of Native American Studies

Curriculum

Mining Butte "The Richest Hill on Earth" (A unit of study for grades 9-12), by Derek Strahn, Bozeman High School
The Dust Bowl and Climate Change by Master Teacher, Jim McNeill
The Dust Bowl, Woody Guthrie and the FSA by Derek Strahn (Video)
Teaching with the Propaganda of World War II (Powerpoint), (Activity Cover), (Slides for Analysis Practice), (Analysis Form) by Danice Toyias, MCHCE
Teaching with Historic Sites (focus on Malmstrom Air Force Base) (Powerpoint), (5 Step Worksheet), (5 Step Worksheet Filled In), (History of Malmstrom Air Force Base--Highlighted) by Danice Toyias, MCHCE
Teaching With Artifacts (focus on Rationing during WWII) (Powerpoint) and (Handout) by Danice Toyias, MCHCE

Links and Resources

Remembering Jim Crow
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/remembering/

The Korematsu Institute
http://korematsuinstitute.org

Links to Heart Mountain Relocation Center Sites:
During the 2004 Summer Institute, we visited the Heart Mountain Relocation Center just outside of Cody, WY. Once the third largest city in Wyoming, the center was home to thousands of American citizens of Japanese descent. These Americans were removed from their homes and relocated to Heart Mountain under Executive Order 9066.

In addition to touring what remains of the facility, we also had the opportunity to view a Heart Mountain exhibit and talk with librarians from Northwest College in Powell, WY.

LaDonna Zall, also a retired teacher, led the tour group and provided ways to incorporate the relocation center into classroom activities.