1933

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/1933

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the calendar commencement?Sunday
2. What is the gregorian calendar year?1933
3. What day of the week did 1933 start on?1933 began on a Sunday.
4. Why was 1933 an important year in the United States?Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as president and he launched the New Deal to help people during the Great Depression.

Gregorian calendar: The solar calendar commonly used worldwide, established by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582.
Common Era (CE): A dating system that is equivalent to the Anno Domini (AD) system, widely adopted in academic and secular contexts.
20th century: The period spanning from January 1, 1901, to December 31, 2000.
Great Depression: A severe global economic downturn that had profound social and political consequences throughout the 1930s.