The document provides instructions for an activity where students will analyze the causes of the Wall Street crash by creating a mind map. It also asks students to highlight the key cause of the crash and explain their choice. Finally, it outlines an activity where students simulate an election campaign for Franklin D. Roosevelt against Herbert Hoover in the 1932 US presidential election.
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Lesson 8 b
1. As a table analyse the message of this
cartoon
Content:
Context:
Comment:
2. (a) Describe the main features of stock market speculation in the USA during the
1920s. [4]
(b) Explain the causes of the Wall Street Crash. [6]
(c) The following were consequences of the Wall Street Crash in the USA between
1929
and 1932:
(i) mass unemployment;
(ii) the collapse of banks;
(iii) homelessness.
Which of these consequences do you think was the most important? Explain your
answer
referring only to (i), (ii) and (iii). [10]
3. Create a mind map the causes for the Wall Street crash
For each cause you can only write one sentence
But you can use any images to help support your causes
Highlight the one that you believe is the key factor behind
the Wall Street Crash with a star and write outside of the
star why you think this
4. (c) The following were consequences of the Wall Street Crash in the
USA between 1929
and 1932:
(i) mass unemployment;
(ii) the collapse of banks;
(iii) homelessness.
Which of these consequences do you think was the most important?
Explain your answer
referring only to (i), (ii) and (iii). [10]
5. What is the question asking us to do?
What structure should our answer have?
What should each paragraph focus on?
What will our Conclusion look like?
How should we separate the 10 marks?
6. The 1932 Presidential Election
In teams of 3 you are going to create an
election campaign for Franklin D
Roosevelt (FDR)
What do parties produce during
campaigns/elections?
7. Speeches what they will do, why they are better than the
other side
Election posters positive to them and negative towards the
opposition
Debates?
Leaflets through doors
Anything Else you can think of?
8. Can you create a campaign
speech for Herbert Hoover?
Can you prepare for a debate
against FDR you will be
Hoover
9. You need to fill in the table with
information from your campaigns
Roosevelts strengths Roosevelts weaknesses
Hoovers strengths Hoovers weaknesses
11. Lets think about this question
Was it:
The experiences of ordinary people 1929-32
Policies of the republicans
Actions taken by the republicans
Roosevelts election campaign