Preventing the Great Depression

• Introduction
• Task
• Process
• Evaluation
• Conclusion
• Credits


• Teacher Page

Process

The Economist:  

One aspect of the Great Depression was the sudden drop in the stock market which is often referred to as the Great Crash. Your mission is to find out what events triggered the Great Crash. Click here to open and then print the Economist's Worksheet. Use the following links to answer the worksheet questions provided.

• Watch a video from PBS Kids on the Great Depression
• Read an outline of Great Depression events from The University of Groningen
• Read about the Stock Market Crash that started the Great Depressioin
• Read more about the Stock Market Crash from PBS Kids

Your mission is to explain the extent and depth of business failures, unemployment, and poverty during the Depression.  Click here to open and then print the Historian's Worksheet.  Use the following links to answer the worksheet questions provided.

• Read an outline of Great Depression events from The University of Groningen
• Look at photographs from the Great Depression
• Watch a video from PBS Kids about people's lives during the Great Depression
• Read about how the Great Depression affected children
• Read about the Economic Collapse from PBS Kids
• View a timeline of the Great Depression

Your mission is to learn about the New Deal and how it impacted the Depression and the future role of government in the economy.  Click here to open and then print the Policy Analyst's Worksheet.  Use the following links to fill in the worksheet provided. 

• Watch a video about New Deal remedies to the Dust Bowl from PBS Kids
• Read about Roosevelt's New Deal
• Read about how the New Deal created artistic works
• Review a timeline of the Great Depression

The Biographer: