Cracked Prosperity Slides
An interactive slide deck presenting the transition from the Roaring Twenties to the Great Depression, covering all four economic factors with primary source quotes, discussion prompts, and five political cartoon studies.
Cracked Prosperity Lesson Plan
A revised, highly-versatile teacher lesson plan providing structured pacing guides for both a standard 60-minute class and a 2-day split lesson block.
Cracked Prosperity Worksheet
A simplified student guided reading and analysis worksheet covering the four economic factors of the Great Depression, optimized with highly accessible text, simplified prompts, and clear scaffolding for the CER task.
Cracked Prosperity Exit Ticket
A student exit ticket for formative assessment, evaluating comprehension of the four economic factors and checking student understanding of the 1920s to 1930s transition.
Cracked Prosperity Worksheet Answer Key
A detailed teacher answer key for the student guided worksheet, providing exemplary answers for all guided analysis questions, cartoon analysis prompts, and model CER structures.
Cracked Prosperity Exit Ticket Answer Key
A detailed teacher answer key for the student exit ticket, providing correct answers, rationale, and sample answers for formative assessment scoring.
Cartoon Detectives Activity
A rigorous primary source analysis packet featuring three additional historic political cartoons from the National Humanities Center collection, complete with structured decoding prompts.
Cartoon Detectives Answer Key
A detailed teacher answer key for the Cartoon Detectives political cartoon analysis activity, providing descriptive decode guides and model connections to economic structural factors.
Cracked Prosperity Lecture Companion
A student-facing interactive lecture companion designed to be completed live during the 'Cracked Prosperity' slide presentation. Includes structured spaces for active listening, guided notes on the four economic factors, a comprehensive five-cartoon analysis log, and a CER debate scratchpad.
Cracked Prosperity Lecture Companion Key
A comprehensive teacher answer key and discussion guide for the 'Cracked Prosperity Lecture Companion'. Provides exemplary historical data, model analysis notes for all five political cartoons, and sample scaffolding structures for the student CER debate task.
