Description

  • Research and examine the information available to you electronically on the Coronavirus Pandemic we are now experiencing. View the film “The Great Depression”. Research and examine electronically available information on the Great Depression.
  • Compare and contrast your current experience in this Pandemic to the experience of those who experienced the Great Depression. Respond as follows:
    1. What feelings are you experiencing?
    2. What thoughts do you experience?
    3. Imagine you are working in a local government agency processing unemployment compensation claims or processing applications for public assistance. Imagine also that you are working at a local foodbank or food shelf. Identify the thoughts you might experience about the people applying for unemployment compensation, public assistance, and food from the food shelf. Identify the feelings you might experience about the people applying for unemployment compensation, public assistance and food from the food shelf.
    4. What parts of the NASW Code of Ethics do you think a worker at these agencies should pay the most attention to while doing this work?