1. Topic: The Stock Market Crash/ Great Depression Objective: Students will analyze the crash of 1929, the beginning of the Great Depression, and its importance to the 20th century.

2. Define the Stock Market. What do you think a stock in a company means?

3. Key Terms  Dow Jones Industrial Average  Black Tuesday  Great Crash  Business cycle  Great Depression  BRING BOOKS ON FRIDAY

4. Questions  What happened the summer before the crash of 1929 that led to the crash in October?  What did economist Roger Babson say that sent fear through Wall Street?  What were the stocks nicknamed that were first to be sold off in the crash? Provide me an example.  How much worth of stocks were wiped out in only 2 hours?  What was happening outside the stock exchange as the market was crashing?  What happened on Black Tuesday (October 29)?

5. Crash of 2008

6. Annotation

7. Questions For Article 1. Based off the first two paragraphs, what will be the overall theme of this article? 2. What do you think they mean when they say “investment reaction”? When do crashes tend to happen the most? 3. According to the “Credit Market Collapse” section, what lead to the credit market collapsing? 4. What “fear” lead to investors in Bear Stearns (an investment bank) to pull money out of that ban? 5. According to the section “Financial Instability Grows,” what happened on September 15, 2008, which led to further market instability?

8. Key Terms/Summary 1. Mortgage 2. Homeowner’s equity 3. Foreclose 4. Underwater loans 5. Investment bank Summarize this article. How is the Crash of 2008 similar to the cash in 1929? Explain in one paragraph.

9. Exit Slip  Why was the Crash of 1929 so catastrophic to millions of Americans?  Article Questions Due Tuesday 3/3

10. Topic: The Great Depression Objective: students will be looking at the Great Depression and an emphasis on the effects it has on the average American.

11. Quickwrite compare and contrast the two images. Where do you think the two images are located?

12. Quickwrite http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l ocal/Highland-Park-Homeless-Camp- Eyesore-Sparks-Neighborhood-Ire- 280727482.html

13. Crash Review 1. Stock/Stock Market 2. Summer before Crash 3. Roger Babson 4. Blue Chip Stocks 5. Black Tuesday 6. Effects

14. 2008 Crash Article – DUE Tuesday 3/3

15. Key Terms 1. The Stock Market Crash p. 508 – Dow Jones Industrial Average 2. Social Effects of the Depression p.513 – Hooverville, Dust Bowl 3. Forging a New Deal p.536 – New Deal, hundred days, public works program, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) DUE THURSDAY 3/5

16. Exit Slip 1. What do the shantytowns of the Great Depression have in common with modern day homeless encampments? 2. BRING BOOK TUESDAY

17. Topic: The Great Depression & The New Deal Objective: Students will analyze the Great Depression, The New Deal, and its importance to the 20th century.

18. Topic: The Great Depression & The New Deal Quickwrite;: Examine the following image and describe what you see. Can anyone identify where the image is located?

19. Homework Due 1. Crash of 2008 Article – DUE Thursday 2. Key Terms DUE Thursday

20. Review 1. 1920’s 2. What happens in 1929? 3. What were some other reasons for the great depression? 4. What did people lose? 5. How many became unemployed? Common occurrence? 6. Where did many people live?

21. Exit Slip How did the New Deal help Americans find employment?

22. Topic: The Great Depression Objective: Students will look at the Response to the New Deal through Political Cartoons.

23. Topic: The Great Depression Quickwrite; Examine this political cartoon, and analyze their meaning. What are they trying to say about the economy?

24. Review For Midterm 1. 1920’s? 2. People drank where? 3. No booze lead to a rise in what? 4. What happened in Harlem? 5. What was a big technological invention? 6. What happens in 1929? 7. What were some other reasons for the great depression? 8. What did people lose?

25. Review For Midterm 1. What did people lose in 1929? 2. How many became unemployed? Common occurrence? 3. Where did many people live? 4. Who becomes president? What does he propose? 5. What’s the Dust Bowl? 6. Where do most people go to escape the Dust Bowl?

26. Review For Midterm 1. 3.What group is responsible for insuring deposits into banks? 2. 4.What does the Securities & Exchange Commission do? 3. 5.What does the following groups or acts stand for and what do they do? 4. CCC – 5. FERA – 6. PWA – 7. CWA – 8. NIRA – 9. TVA – 10. AAA –

27. Review For Midterm 1. Unemployment rate – 25% 2. Unemployment for African Americans – 50%

28. Brother Can You Spare A Dime?

29. How Does this song reflect the feeling of Millions of Americans in the Great Depression?

30. Political Cartoons of the Great Depression: Observe, Reflect, Question

31. Exit Slip: How did the music or political cartoons reflect popular opinion of what was happening in the Great Depression?