This one-day Great Depression lesson plan covers many of the difficulties Americans faced in the 1930s during the Depression, including bank failures, unemployment and the development of the Dust Bowl. It is intended to be ready-to-use for any teacher regardless of their prior experience with the content. This lesson plan is typically intended for a 45-to-50-minute class period, though it can be easily adjusted for time. Topics/events addressed: The Great Stock Market Crash, impact on investors and the stock market, impact on banks, bank runs and bank failures, lost deposits/savings, rising unemployment, homelessness, “Hoovervilles”, breadlines and soup kitchens, the Dust Bowl (meaning, causes, impacts), Dust Bowl migration Lesson Plan Contents - this lesson consists of a .zip file containing the following five (5) files: Daily slides: Full PowerPoint presentation entitled "Life During the Great Depression”. All the daily slides in the PowerPoint presentation are viewable in the Product Preview, so please click "View Preview" & check it out before buying! Guided Notes - Student Version: Fill-in-the-blank style notes that can be completed by students during or after viewing the Presentation (MS Word) Guided Notes - Teacher Version: Contains completed answer key to Student Version of Notes (MS Word) Multiple Choice Quiz - Student Version: a 6-question multiple-choice quiz on the content covered in the Presentation/Notes, pre-formatted into a ready-to-use handout. Can be distributed to students as a pre-test, exit slip, or post-lesson review/assessment. (MS Word) Multiple Choice Quiz - Teacher Version: Contains completed answer key to Student Version of Multiple-Choice Quiz (MS Word) These are resources that I enjoyed creating, and I hope you will find them useful in your classroom.