The Great Depression is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on the Great Depression as unemployment and falling prices, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.11.3-5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
B.New towns built by the government for factory owners
C.Camps of shacks built by people who had lost their homes
2.Which president started the New Deal?
A.Herbert Hoover
B.Abraham Lincoln
C.Franklin D. Roosevelt
3.What did the FDIC, created in 1933, do for savers?
A.Paid people to stop saving
B.Closed banks that made loans
C.Insured bank deposits so savers would not lose their money
4.When many people lose their jobs, why do stores sell less?
A.Prices always rise when jobs are lost
B.People have less money to spend
C.Stores have nothing left to sell
5.What did the Social Security Act of 1935 create?
A.The national park system
B.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
C.Free cars for families
6.What was the Dust Bowl?
A.A program that paid farmers to plant more wheat
B.Years of drought and dust storms on the southern Great Plains
C.A flood along the Mississippi
7.What event in October 1929 helped start the Great Depression?
A.The United States entering World War II
B.The end of the Dust Bowl
C.The stock market crash
8.When did the Great Depression finally end?
A.In 1930, one year after the crash
B.In 1960
C.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.11.3-5 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — The Great Depression
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Camps of shacks built by people who had lost their homes
2.Franklin D. Roosevelt
3.Insured bank deposits so savers would not lose their money
4.People have less money to spend
5.Payments for older Americans who had stopped working
6.Years of drought and dust storms on the southern Great Plains
7.The stock market crash
8.Around 1941, as factories hired workers for World War II
Questions about The Great Depression
What does the The Great Depression worksheet cover?
It practices the Great Depression as unemployment and falling prices — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on C3 Framework D2.Eco.11.3-5: Explain what inflation, deflation and unemployment mean. The instruction to students is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does The Great Depression practice?
D2.Eco.11.3-5, under Economics for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published indicator reads: “Explain the meaning of inflation, deflation, and unemployment.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
The Great Depression is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.11.3-5, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does The Great Depression come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of The Great Depression can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is The Great Depression free to print and photocopy?
Yes. The Great Depression, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for D2.Eco.11.3-5
Explain what inflation, deflation and unemployment mean.