1: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota.

2: Guide Creation Information

Guide Author	Erick Boe
District	St. Peter Middle High School
Date Created	06/08/2011
Guide Description	Students will gain a greater understanding of the impact of the Great Depression on American society and geography by viewing the photographs of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota. Students will analyze photographs to learn what it was like to work for the CCC and what type of projects the CCC did.

3: Guide Characteristics

Title of Main Academic Standard used in Guide	Minnesota Draft K-12 Academic Standards in Social Studies April 29, 2011
Grade Level	7
Learning Level	Introductory
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Source Format Emphasized	Photographs
Geographic Region Emphasized (optional)
Other Minnesota Reflections Guide(s) Related to this Guide (optional)	Minnesotans and the Civilian Conservation Corp

4: Main Standard Emphasized in Guide

Standard Title	Minnesota Draft K-12 Academic Standards in Social Studies April 29, 2011
Category	Social Studies
Strand	U.S. History
Sub-strand	The Great Depression and World War II, 1920-1945
Standard	There were numerous causes and impacts of the Great Depression and New Deal.
Benchmark 1: standard number	7.1.9.1.1
Benchmark 1: text	Evaluate the causes of the Great Depression and factors that led to an extended period of economic collapse at home and abroad.
Benchmark 2: standard number	7.1.9.1.2
Benchmark 2: text	Analyze the impact of the Great Depression and the New Deal on U.S. society, including ethnic and racial minorities.
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6: Additional Standards and/or Skills (reading, math, media literacy, interdisciplinary)

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Media Literacy: standard number	9.9.5.5
Media Literacy: standard text	Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations
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Minnesota Reflections Resources

7: Search Strategy

Things to Think About	Who worked for the CCC? What type of work did the CCC do? How did the CCC change the landscape of Minnesota? What were the goals of the CCC? What was life like in a CCC camp? Your search could be expanded to include other New Deal programs.
Keywords	Great Depression, New Deal, CCC, Civilian Conservation Corps
Other ideas (to assist with discovery)	Students may try to find CCC camps and/or projects in or near their communities.
Challenges to finding resources on this standard	There are several hundred photographs related to the CCC in Minnesota Reflections. Reviewing them all takes some time but will be worth the effort.

8: Minnesota Reflections Top Picks

Title	Date created	Description	Format (photo, map, letter)	"Cite the Item" link
Civilian Conservation Corp Company 751 tent city, Lanesboro, Minnesota	1934	Civilian Conservation Corp. enrollees outside the tent city housing Company 751 CCC Camp, one mile south of Lanesboro.	Photo	http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm/ref/collection/fch/id/155
Civilian Conservation Corps, Company 715, near Virginia	1935	Civilian Conservation Corps Company (CCC) panoramic photograph, featuring group portrait of enrollees and cooks posed before facilities in autumn.	Photo	http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm/ref/collection/irrc/id/2441
Good Harbor CCC Camp scene, near Grand Marias	1934	Image of the Good Harbor CCC camp grounds in 1934 includes barracks, sidewalks and a horseshoe pit.	Photo	http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15160coll14/id/0
Log bridge on Gunflint Trail, north of Grand Marias	1935	CCC enrollee on a log bridge (possibly a foot bridge) with a more modern bridge on the road to his left.	Photo	http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15160coll14/id/103
CCC crew working on East Bearskin Road, north of Grand Marais	1934	18 CCC enrollees informally posed with cups on a break from working on East Bearskin Road in 1934.	Photo	http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15160coll14/id/114
CCC enrollee chops at fallen tree as forest fire approaches on Isle Royale, MI	1936	Fighting forest fires on Isle Royal	Photo	http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15160coll14/id/167
CCC enrollees planting trees	1933-1942	A crew of 15 or more young men in planting trees in Cook County	Photo	http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15160coll14/id/67
Road work with CCC road grader	1933-1942	Building roads in Cook County	Photo	http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15160coll14/id/99
Construction of the stairway for the Stairway Portage, north of the Gunflint Trail	1935	4 men working on the new Stairway Portage between Rose Lake and Duncan's Lake	Photo	http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15160coll14/id/134

9: Specific Minnesota Reflections Collection(s) to Consider (optional)

You may want to search for resources for other New Deal programs Ð WPA, NRA, CWA, FHA, FSA, and the SSA.

10: Helpful Tips (optional)

There are numerous resources on several of the New Deal programs in Minnesota Reflections. I choose to focus on the CCC.

11: Ideas for Lesson Plans Using this Guide (optional)

Students could compare and contrast current government stimulus programs with New Deal programs.

Students could try to locate and identify New Deal projects in their communities.

12: Other Online Collections that Help Teach this Standard (optional)

New Deal Network from the Roosevelt Institute Ð http://newdeal.feri.org/