Period 7, Day 3: Causes of the Great Depression
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Content Objective: I will be able to understand the relationship between the consumerism of the 1920s and the Great Depression.
Standard Objective: I will be able to draw connections between events (cause/effect).
Click here for the slides from today.
Content Objective: I will be able to understand the relationship between the consumerism of the 1920s and the Great Depression.
Standard Objective: I will be able to draw connections between events (cause/effect).
Click here for the slides from today.
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Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.
Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.
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Warm Up: What is one advertisement you've been getting targeted for online? Explain whether or not you are tempted to buy it and, if so, how (i.e. saving up money, asking parent/guardian for money, charging it on your credit card).
Warm Up: What is one advertisement you've been getting targeted for online? Explain whether or not you are tempted to buy it and, if so, how (i.e. saving up money, asking parent/guardian for money, charging it on your credit card).
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Warm Up: One interesting historical fact I learned from the pre-work is…
Warm Up: One interesting historical fact I learned from the pre-work is…
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The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 1919, and officially ended World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers (Great Britain, France, and the _______ ). The agreement included a controversial War Guilt clause that blamed _______ for the Great War and imposed heavy debt payments on Germany known as reparations. Many historians believed the Treaty of Versaille _______ to the outbreak of the Second World War due to the _______ impact of reparations.
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For the United States, however, World War I was great and ushered in the Roaring 1920s as a decade of unprecedented _______ , new patterns of _______, such as purchasing consumer goods like radios, cars, vacuums, beauty products or clothing
The expansion of _______ in the 1920s allowed for the sale of more consumer goods and put _______ within reach of average Americans. Now individuals who could not afford to purchase a car at full price could pay for that car over time -- with interest, of course!
With so many new products and so many Americans eager to purchase them, _______ became a central institution in this new consumer economy.
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Why do all of these people want to take their money out from the bank?
Why do all of these people want to take their money out from the bank?
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What do you think will happen if everyone withdraws their money and closes their bank accounts?
What do you think will happen if everyone withdraws their money and closes their bank accounts?
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According to Straussman, the Great Depression was primarily caused by
According to Straussman, the Great Depression was primarily caused by
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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
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As used in line 10, hot most nearly means
As used in line 10, hot most nearly means
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Exit Ticket: In your own words, what was one cause of the Great Depression?
Be sure to include a specific key term from today's lesson and write in complete sentences.
Exit Ticket: In your own words, what was one cause of the Great Depression?
Be sure to include a specific key term from today's lesson and write in complete sentences.
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Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4:
Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4: