United States History II: New Deal Posters

Objective: You must create an 8x11 poster of one of the listed New Deal Programs below. On
the poster you must have the following:
1 2 images (Must relate to the topic)
The date of creation and how it came to be.
Answer to the following question:
o What does/ did the program do?
o Who was one person involved in the program?
o What were the results of the program? (Good? Bad? Mixed?)
In addition to the simplified poster, include a model, which will represent that program in some
way. For example: Federal Writers Program, write a poem.

Grade Breakdown:
CATEGORY

4 Exceeds
Standards

3 Meets
Standards

2 Improving

1- Needs
Improvement

Presentation

Product illustrates
well-crafted
organization of
text, images, etc.
The connection
between the text
and images is well
explained.

Product illustrates
well-crafted
organization of
text, images, etc.
There is a
somewhat clear
connection between
images and text.

Products text and

images are a bit
jumbled with only
a slight connection
between images
and text.

Products text and

images are
unorganized with
little to no
connection between
images and text.

Mechanics

The products text

is free of all
spelling and/or
grammar errors.
Product has wellcrafted sentence
structure.

The products text

is almost free of all
spelling and/or
grammar errors.
Products sentences
are well written.

The products text

has more than ten
spelling and/or
grammar errors.

The products text

has more than ten
spelling and/or
grammar errors,
which confuse the
meaning.

Content
Knowledge

Product shows a
clear and deep
understanding of
content through
full sentences and
factual
information.

Product shows a
clear understanding
of the content
through factual
knowledge, yet the
main idea still isnt
explicit.

Product shows
only a somewhat
clear
understanding of
the content. There
is an attempt to
capture the main
idea.

Products shows
little evidence of a
clear understanding
of the content.
There is no attempt
to show the main
idea of the product.

Participation

Student gives
well-rounded
feedback on peer
project, answers
questions during
Gallery Walk and
takes all chances
to engage with
content.

Student gives wellrounded feedback

on peer project,
interacts during
Gallery Walk.

Student gives
somewhat wellrounded feedback
on peer project,
interacts on and
off during Gallery
Walk

Students feedback
show little
evidence of being
well-rounded, does
not interact during
the Gallery Walk.

New Deal Programs:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Civil Works Administration (CWA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Glass-Steagall Act (FDIC)
National Industrial Recovery Act
National Youth Administration
Public Works Administration
Securities and Exchange
Commission
9. Civil Aeronautics Authority

10.Social Security Act

11.The Federal Music Project
12.The Federal Theatre Project
13.The Federal Writers Project
14 Federal Housing Administration
15.Tennessee Valley Authority
16. Home Owners Loan Corporation
17. Farm Security Administration
18. Soil Conservation Service
19. The Federal Art Project

Due Dates
March 3, 2016 - Project Proposal Due: A few sentences of what you intend to cover in
your project. This doesnt have to be formal writing, just sketch out some ideas.
March 7, 2016 - Progress report: I will be doing a check-in on the Projects, dont
prepare anything special yet I am going to be looking for some progress.
March 11, 2016 - Poster and Model Gallery Walk

Please, if you have any concerns or questions come see me or email me at

brittany.courtot@maine.edu