Lesson Overview
Part of the New Deal was the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). President Roosevelt created this group to give employment to many of the young men who found themselves jobless during the Great Depression.This group, known as the CCC, was responsible for preservation of land and forests, pest control, construction of dams, and construction of recreational facilities.This lesson explores how the Civilian Conservation Corps affected recreation in South Carolina.
Essential Question
How did the Civilian Conservation Corps affect recreation in South Carolina?
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3, 5
None required, but computer technology could be used to view the primary sources.
- Copies of photographs for students
- “Making Inferences with Photographs” sheet for students
- Copy of President Roosevelt’s sketched plan for the CCC, p. 12 (transcription, p. 124)
- Timer
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- 3-5 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the major developments in South Carolina in the late nineteenth and the twentieth century.
- 5-4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of American economic challenges in the 1920s and 1930s and world conflict in the 1940s.
- Along with the rest of the world, the United States experienced a boom-and-bust period during the 1920s and 1930s. In the United States, this situation led to significant government intervention to stimulate the economy. Other countries did not follow...
- 5-4.2 Summarize the causes of the Great Depression, including overproduction and declining purchasing power, the bursting of the stock market bubble in 1929, and the resulting unemployment, failed economic institutions; and the effects of the Dust Bowl.
- 5-4.3 Explain the American government’s response to the Great Depression in the New Deal policies of President Franklin Roosevelt, including the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange C...
- Along with the rest of the world, the United States experienced a boom-and-bust period during the 1920s and 1930s. In the United States, this situation led to significant government intervention to stimulate the economy. Other countries did not follow...
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Lesson Partners: Teaching American History in South Carolina, Clarendon School District 2, South Carolina Department of Archives and History