Gr 8 TVA Essay

Following is the schedule for the TVA Constructed Controversy Project:

Research: Fri 3/27, Mon 3/30
Discuss/Debate: Tues 3/31
Essay: Wed 4/1

Essay Q:

Part I
Was the TVA a good idea for America? Which groups of people benefited? Which groups suffered? Did more people benefit or suffer?

Part II (choose one)
If a program is proposed by government today that would be bad for a few thousand Americans but good for millions, would you support it? Why or why not?
OR
If the TVA were proposed today, how could the plan be modified so that the number of people who would suffer would be minimized and the number of people who benefited would be maximized?
OR
Should the government be responsible for providing services to Americans, like affordable electricity or health care, or should government stay out of people's lives? If you don't think the answer is either one or the other, what things do you think the government should provide? Not provide?

Grade 8 TVA Map

Grade 8 Tennessee Valley Authority

Background information about the TVA can be found at:
http://newdeal.feri.org/search_details.cfm?link=http://newdeal.feri.org/tva/tnguide/ch09.htm

the following site describes how African Americans were treated at the outset of the many TVA building projects:
http://newdeal.feri.org/search_details.cfm?link=http://newdeal.feri.org/opp/opp34111.htm

many other articles can be found here:
http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm

Grade 5 California Gold Rush Web Quest

copy and paste these links as you work through the Web Quest


Part A
http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/goldfever.html

Part B
http://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/compare/

Part C
http://www.ghosttownmuseum.com/

Part D
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/16/popup/ghosttowns/index.html

Part E
http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/journey_oregon.html

Part F
http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/journey_capehorn.html

Part G
http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/journey_panama.html

http://www.anglogold.co.za/subwebs/InformationForInvestors/ReportToSociety06/i/world_map_l.gif

Part H
http://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html

Part I
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000303.htm

Part J
http://nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000675.htm

Part K
http://nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001608.htm

http://www.ghosttownmuseum.com/goldpanning.htm