Y9: 2-10. The Great Depression

Year 9A & Year 9B

Today you are going to examine the Great Depression in more detail!

Follow the instructions step by step:

1.

In the previous lesson we learnt about the prosperous 1920’s. Unfortunately, “the roaring twenties” came to an abrupt end in October 1929. This was the start of the Great Depression. Let’s do a bit of extra reading to discover what the Great Depression was…

“The End of the Golden Twenties”, p.65.

2.

So, “the roaring twenties” came to an abrupt end in October 1929, when the stock market crashed and millions of investors were wiped out. Over the next few years, consumer spending and investment dropped, as companies struggled and people lost their jobs.

How did this all start?

(Pay close attention. This is a bit complicated, but you do not have to explain it. Simply try to understand what happened.)

Causes of the Great Depression | Daily Bellringer. (5:03 minutes long)

The 1929 Stock Market Crash – Explained. (2:40 minutes long)

Understanding the Wall Street Crash of 1929. (3:41 minutes long)

The Great Depression – 5 Minute History Lesson. (5:40 minutes long)

(You may need to slow down the speed of this video to 0.75!)

(The “Dow Jones” is a stock market index that measures the stock performance of 30 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.)

3.

The effects of the Great Depression were profound… It had a negative impact on world economies, as shown in the diagram below:

4.

This diagram is on p.65 of your Workbook. Let’s also read the rest of the information about the Great Depression on p.65.

“The End of the Golden Twenties”, p.65.

5.

However, the Great Depression did not only have a negative economic impact. It also had negative political consequences. For example:

People blamed their governments for their suffering…

People began to support radical political parties…

This gave rise to dictatorships…!

6.

Here you can see how dictatorships spread during the 1930’s, as a direct result of the Great Depression!

(This diagram is on p.66 in your Workbook.)

7.

So, what is a dictatorship?

(1:03 minutes long)

Here are the main characteristics of a dictatorship:

8.

Examine the chart below. It gives brief information about four well known dictatorships of the 1930’s:

(This is Source 2, on p.67 of your Workbook.)

9.

The opposite of a dictatorship is a democracy.

(1:04 minutes long)

Here are the main characteristics of a democracy:

10.

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