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New Deal Worksheet

Name                                                           Date

A graphic organizer is an attempt to organize and convey the meaning of information via a graphic element or picture. You can use text in your organizer. Your job is to create a graphic organizer that explains one of the New Deal agencies. Remember, your graphic organizer should tell a story.

Your graphic organizer must contain the following elements.

  1. Multiple colors

  2. A title that depicts the name of the New Deal Agency that is its subject

  3. The objectives, accomplishments, failures, criticisms and all information relevant to the assigned New Deal agency via graphics on a standard piece of paper

  4. Your name on a Post-It Note on the reverse side of the graphic organizer

  5. The following information typed on the reverse side of the graphic organizer:

    a. A detailed explanation of the information depicted by the graphic organizer.

    b. A brief overview of the New Deal agency that is the subject of the graphic organizer. Your explanation should answer these questions:

    • What were the objectives of each of the agencies/laws?

    • To what degree did each of the agencies/laws achieve its desired objectives?

    • Was there any opposition to the agency/law? Explain.

Evaluation

You will be evaluated in the following areas:

Overall Score: _________________/number of points available

_________/points available color

_________/points available title

_________/points available name on Post-It Note

_________/points available explanation

_________/points available overview of agency/law

_________/points available objectives of agency/law depicted

_________/points available accomplishments/failures of agency depicted

_________/points available criticisms of agency/law

 

 

New Deal Worksheet (PDF File)

 
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