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Lesson 1 : We will learn about the Causes of the Great Depression. Do Now 1.) What does this chart show? 2.) What do you notice about Black Tuesday ? 3.) What happens after Black Tuesday ? 4.) When does the Dow Jones reach a market low?
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Lesson 1: We will learn about the Causes of the Great Depression. Do Now 1.) What does this chart show? 2.) What do you notice about Black Tuesday? 3.) What happens afterBlack Tuesday? 4.) When does the Dow Jones reach a market low? Dow Jones = an index that is the average of 30 of the largest stocks in the stock exchange
Page 1: Worksheet 11A 1.) Which vocabulary would best describe what is happening in paragraph one? • subsidy c. on margin • pension d. default 2.) Explain why you chose your answer to question 1?
Paragraph Three The quotation board – chalkboard where all the stock prices are listed. 3.) Why are the stocks dropping? Stock value: $115 # of shares: 100 $115X100 = $11500 If the stock value falls from $115 $2, how much money would you have lost? $2X100 = $200 $11500-$200 = Page 1: Worksheet 11A (Continued)
Paragraph Four 4.) Who jumped out of a window and why? 5.) Why are people walking around like zombies? 6.) Why does the author state who from at the end of the paragraph? Pretend to be one of the four characters listed in the diary exercise at the bottom of the page. Complete the exercise on loose-leaf to be collected & graded (minimum 75 words) Page 1: Worksheet 11A (Continued)
Lesson 1A: We will learn about how the Stock Market crash led to a chain of events that caused the Great Depression Take out unit packet on Great Depression. Turn to page 2 (11B) and inspect the diagram. Write in a title for the diagram in the space provided. Also write it in your notebooks with a one sentence explanation. Worksheet 11C (p3)Math & Social Studies How much more is spent on a sofa in the 1920’s if it is bought on credit (installment buying)?
Credit purchases/Installment buying • SOFA • Down payment $5 • $8 a month • 12 months in a year $8X12 = $96 $96+5=$101 Cost to buy at once: $75.50 $101.00 • 75.50 $ 25.50 more when bought on credit Complete the dialogue at the bottom of Worksheet 11C using only those 6 lines. Display your understanding of installment buying in the space provided. DO NOT INCLUDE greetings of hello, goodbye, how are you, or anything to that effect
Worksheet 11D (p4-5) • Read aloud: 5 causes for the Great Depression. • Take notes on each of the 5 different economists views of the causes for the Great Depression. Homework #35 Be sure to use information from the worksheet to complete the homework. Also complete the exercise on p5 with a short explanation in the space provided.