---
title: "SS5H3: Great Depression and New Deal (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SS5H3
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SS5H3
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - grade-5
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# SS5H3: Great Depression and New Deal

Explain how the Great Depression and New Deal affected the lives of millions of Americans.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: Grade 5, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/grade-5.md

## Expectations

- **SS5H3.a**: Discuss the Stock Market Crash of 1929, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, the Dust Bowl, and soup kitchens.
- **SS5H3.b**: Analyze the main features of the New Deal; include the significance of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Works Progress Administration, and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- **SS5H3.c**: Discuss important cultural elements of the 1930s; include Duke Ellington, Margaret Mitchell, and Jesse Owens.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.