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The Great Depression

The Great Depression

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Social Studies

4th - 7th Grade

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9 Slides • 18 Questions

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The Great Depression

Today we will learn about the causes and effects of The Great Depression.

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Essential Question

What caused the Great Depression and what were the effects?

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Make this chart in your Social Studies Notebook in the notes or inquiry section.

(2-minutes)

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Know

What do you already know about The Great Depression?

Column #1

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Open Ended

What do you already know?

(Be ready to share)

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Want to Know

Write 2-3 Questions you have about The Great Depression.

Column #2

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Open Ended

What do you want to know? Write your questions.

(Be ready to share)

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Learned

In the last column write at least 3 things from the video you want to remember.

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Open Ended

Write one thing you learned from the video.

(Be ready to share)

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Multiple Choice

What event, know as Black Tuesday started The Great Depression?

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The Dust Bowl

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The New Deal

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The Stock Exchange Crashed

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The President, Herbert Hoover

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Multiple Choice

What was the time after World War I known as?

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The Roaring Twenties

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The Roaring Nineties

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World War I History

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The Era of Jazz

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Multiple Choice

During the Roaring Twenties, what did people spend their money on?

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Farm Equipment

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New Technologies

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Stocks and Bonds

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Nothing, People Saved

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Multiple Choice

Which of these inventions helped to increase American's debt?

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The Radio

2

The Federal Reserve

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Credit

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The Car

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Multiple Choice

Which event can cause a recession?

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The President

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More supplies than demand

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The banks giving free money

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The beginning of a war.

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Multiple Choice

Who was the president during The Great Depression.

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Donald Trump

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Abraham Lincoln

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Ronald Reagan

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Herbert Hoover

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​Read and highlight information

-Dates

-Names of People/Places

-Numbers (money, weight, etc)

-Interesting/Important Facts​

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Multiple Choice

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What year was the stock market crash that was one of the causes of The Great Depression?

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1920

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1989

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1929

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2020

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Multiple Choice

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How much money did the stock market loose in one day during the stock market crash?

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$14 billion

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$14 thousand

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$14 hundred

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$14 million

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Multiple Choice

How many years passed before the stock market hit the high it was at prior to the crash?

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100

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50

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23

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Multiple Choice

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How many banks failed in the first few years of the Great Depression?

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over 100 banks

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over 10 banks

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over 1,000 banks

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over 10,000 banks

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​Read and highlight information.

-Dates

-Names of people/places

-Numbers (money, weight, etc)

-Important/Interesting facts​

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Fill in the Blank

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What word from the box completes this sentence?

The dust storms destroyed 100 milion________of land.

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Fill in the Blank

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What word from the box completes this sentence?

During the Roaring Twenties, people bought things they could not afford by______________money.

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Fill in the Blank

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What word from the box completes this sentence?

During the Great Depression, the entire world_______________ was struggling.

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Fill in the Blank

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What word from the box completes this sentence?

During the Great Depression companies were making more___________than they could sell.

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Open Ended

Essential Question

What caused the Great Depression and what were the effects?

The Great Depression was caused by____________. The effects of the Great Depression were_______________________.

The Great Depression

Today we will learn about the causes and effects of The Great Depression.

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