Hey Folks!

This week we will take the quiz for Topic 12 World War I and the 1920’s on Tuesday. We will finish watching War Horse and begin Topic 13 The Great Depression and the New Deal on Wednesday.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What are some of the contrasting theories as to what caused the Great Depression?

Learning Objectives

Topic 13.1 Causes of The Depression

Objectives: Identify how weaknesses in the economy in the 1920’s caused the Great depression. Explain why the stock market crashed in 1929 and the crash’s effect on the economy. Describe how the Great depression deepened in the US and spread overseas. Identify the causes of the Great Depression and discuss how historians differ about them.

Topic 13.2 Americans Suffer

Objectives: Examine the spread of unemployment in America’s cities. Analyze the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers. Analyze the impact of human and geographical factors that created the Dust Bowl. Describe how the Great Depression affected family life and the lives of African Americans and Mexican Americans.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 12 Quiz
2. Topic 13 Pre-Quiz
3. Topic 13.1 Causes of The Depression
4. Topic 13.2 Americans Suffer

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 12.7 An Unsettled Society
2. Topic 12.8 The Roaring Twenties
3. Topic 12.9 The Harlem Renaissance