Grade 4 Lesson at a Glance: Chapter 10, Lesson 3

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Lesson at a Glance
Chapter 10, Lesson 3: New Challenges (pp. 241-245)

The Big Idea
Framework Concept: Scarcity While World War I boosted industries in California, the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl brought hardship to the people.

Name certain events and have students tell whether it was an event that helped or hurt California and how. Include: the movie business, tourism, the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the building of the Golden Gate Bridge. For World War I, students can explain how it both helped and hurt the state.

Lesson Outline
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Check for Understanding

Have students write a question they would like to ask the family in the photograph on page 244. Then have them write a possible response based on what they know about the Great Depression from their reading.
Have students draw a picture timeline of some of the post World War I events that changed life in California. (possible events: growth of the movie industry, the Great Depression, the New Deal )

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