1. Time to Think… Make a list of all the things you use on a daily basis
Cross out the things you think you could live without
Circle the things you think you could not live without
What is left?

2. What Do We Know? List 3 Causes of the Depression…(crash course)
Any other reasons???
Did the stock market cause the Depression?
How can we prove that the Depression, was such a bad thing?

3. Figure It Out! How Much Did People Lose Across Canada?
Table 1 – Per Capita Income by Province and 1933
Province
Average Per Capita Income
(A)
1933
Average Per Capita Income
(B)
Percent Decrease
(100 – ((B / A)100))
British Columbia
594
314 47
Ontario
549
310
Alberta
548
212
Saskatchewan
478
135
Manitoba
466
240
Quebec
399
220
Nova Scotia
322
207
New Brunswick
292
180
PEI
278
154

4. How Much Did People Lose Across Canada?
Table 1 – Per Capita Income by Province and 1933
Province
Average Per Capita Income
1933
Average Per Capita Income
Percent Decrease
British Columbia
594
314 47
Ontario
549
310 44
Alberta
548
212 61
Saskatchewan
478
135 72
Manitoba
466
240 49
Quebec
399
220
Nova Scotia
322
207 36
New Brunswick
292
180 39
PEI
278
154 45

5. Canada and the Depression

6. Social Conditions for Canadians
People that bought on credit in the 20’s quickly lost everything
No unemployment insurance or welfare
2 million people will eventually go on Relief – Government assistance- but not right away

7. Areas Hit Hardest
The Maritimes were hit when other nations stopped buying fish and lumber
The Prairies were devastated by the Dustbowl and a grasshopper epidemic

9. The Political Situation
When the Depression started Liberal PM Mackenzie King thought it was up to the provinces to aid their citizens
He stated that the federal government would not give “a five cent piece” to any province that had a Conservative government
At the time, very few people believed that the government should help the economy (King: It will sort itself out)

10. Enter RB Bennett Bennett became PM in 1930
He was a self-made millionaire as a lawyer and businessman
He initially put $20 million towards emergency relief, but generally thought government intervention was not the solution

11. 1929- 1945 1920’s and 30’s- Germany and Europe- rise of Fascism
1930’s- The Great Depression
Life in the 1930’s for the majority and for women, and the disadvantaged
RB Bennett- responses to the depression*
Other political ideas to solve the depression
Depression in Germany, Asia and Russia
1920’s and 30’s- Germany and Europe- rise of Fascism
German Aggression in Europe 1930’s
WWII- Canada at War in Europe
War in Asia
After the war

12. Life in the Depression
Pages 2-3- Identify 3 examples or situations of how people lost everything.
What was a Bennett Buggy? (6-7)
Identify three problems caused by grasshoppers/locusts on the prairies (14-15)
What caused the Dust Storms (14-15)
What is the theme of many of the popular songs of the 1930’s? (21)
What groups of people were the worst off during the Depression? Provide some examples of their hardships (36-37)
How did people enjoy themselves despite all of the hardship? Identify four diversions