The Great Depression…

What do people say?

LT: I can explain the causes of the Great Depression. DOK 1-3; S. 2

What do you think the expression “The Roaring Twenties” means?

LT: I can explain the causes of the Great Depression. DOK 1-3; S. 2

Warm UP

*New technological improvements change lifestyles*Electricity in homes*Radios, refrigerators, appliances and telephones*cars*influential people felt good times here to stay

LT: I can explain the causes of the Great Depression. DOK 1-3; S. 2

You are going to work as reporters for a local newspaper, the Smalltown Herald*Your job requires you to do research on special topics and to produce newsletters*As you read, gather information to construct a newsletter about the Great Depression that will be included as a special section in the weekend edition of the newspaper.

LT: I can explain the causes of the Great Depression. DOK 1-3; S. 2

Smalltown Herald

*Reporters review many sources before writing articles.*Read: “What Caused the Great Depression?” and “Money, Banking and Deflation” in pairs. Answer the questions on Handout 2.1*Check it!

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Corroboration

*Use this to take notes for newsletters*You get a letter- read and write on sticky notes what you think is important. *Look for clues that identify economic conditions *Record info on Reporter’s Research Notes*Collaborate with others with your same letterLT: I can explain the causes of the Great Depression. DOK 1-3; S. 2

Reporter’s Research Notes-

*meet in your letter groups*In number order, share your information VERBALLY while others record on their Reporter’s notes what you say. Then you record on your notes what they say.

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Jigsaw!

*Ford closed its plant for 6 months in 1927. plan, design and retool for the Model A

-How might this closing affect the economy?-How were mortgage payments a burden on those who lost their jobs?

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A Ford Story

-How did the Smoot-Hawley Tariff affect prices of imported goods/services?-Is it a good thing?

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Tariffs-a tax on imports to make “domestics” look appealing

● other countries put tariffs on us, then our stuff loses in those countries

● Hoover believed in a balanced economy (spend what we have, not go into debt)○ How did raising taxes affect the

economy? (who gained, who lost, what was the effect?)

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Tariffs lead to…

*What were the effects of this?*Why were farmers also in trouble?*What did WWI have to do with this?

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STOCK MARKET: 1929 CRASH

*You have identified many of the suggested causes of the Great Depression. Tariffs- Smoot-Hawley, stock market, farms failing, increased taxes, unemployment, balanced budget, closing of Ford, mortgage problems

If “1” is strongly disagree, and 5 is strongly agree, stand where you vote on this statement:One of these events was significant enough to cause the Great Depression alone!

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Barometer

*Stock market crash no wealth and confidence*closing of Ford unemployment, reduction in income, reduction in ability to repay loans or invest in stock*collapse of farming unemployment, reduction in income, reduction in ability to repay loans or invest in stock

*Smoot-Hawley tariff price of US exports increase- no one wants it, can’t sell it, then don’t need to make it, more unemployment, reduction in income, can’t repay loans or invest in stock

LT: I can explain the causes of the Great Depression. DOK 1-3; S. 2

One thing led to another...

*work in your group as assigned*Use information from 2.1 and 2.2 to construct a newsletter that reflects what you have learned about the causes of the Great Depression. In each newsletter choose 4 of the following:

-a one-page, double spaced newspaper article on the factors that contributed to the Great Depression, including a newspaper-like title of the article;

-a poem that expresses what life was like during the Great Depression

-lyrics to a song that might be performed during the Great Depression to express conditions of the time

-a letter to the editor expressing a specified concern about the economy or an economic problem and the writer’s recommendation of a solution for that problem;

-a comic strip that might be published in the newspaper during the Great Depression

See rubric for details

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