Today we went around the room and and finished telling about us. We started to introduce our project, The Great Depression. The stock market crashed because they were over value, no one was buying everyone wanted to sell. Mr. Bruns also talked more about the 1920's. we talked about what everyone's topic for our project and what really to all talk about.
This project will be a inquiry based project. The goal of the class is to present their findings to me after three to four class periods of research. You may present your findings to me in way you choose.
The four questions you will be researching are as follows:
1. What were the causes of the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression?
2. What impact did the stock market crash and Great Depression have on the lives of people in the United States?
3. What did the United States government do to help alleviate the problems the Great Depression brought to our country?(President Hoover and Roosevelt-New Deal(Goals/1st and 2nd)-unemployed, young people, factory workers/labor unions, farmers, elderly/poor, homeowners, artists/musicians, women/African-American/Native Americans, banks, stock market, energy
4. What long lasting impact did the Great Depression have on Shelby County, Iowa, the US and world?
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