1930s The Great Depression - Causes CHC2D8 Ms. Gluskin
Primary Source Evidence What kind of feeling do you get about the depression from this person’s story?
Timeline: Positive and Negative Words
Causes: Stock Market Crash Toronto Stock Exchange, 1937
Stock Exchange
Chain of Events: Causes and Consequences
Consequences Evicted (forced to leave for non- payment of rent) from their home Lining up at a soup kitchen
Consequences Soup kitchen
Consequences Moving from Edmonton to Saskatoon to find work.
Vocabulary Stock exchange (noun) = see slide (buy low, sell high) Stocks (noun) = shares (pieces) of a company Invest (verb) = to spend money on something that you hope will make you more money – Many people invested money in stocks in the 1920s. These investors suffered a lot when the price of their shares fell in Bubble of prosperity was about to burst (expression) = good times were about to end Plummet (verb) = to fall very quickly Sometimes in April the weather seems nice and spring-like and then the temperature suddenly plummets. Bumper crop (expression) = a very good harvest Chain reaction (noun) = a series of events closely related to each other
Crash (verb) = to fall very sharply Bankruptcy (noun) = when people lose all their money Consumer goods (noun) = things that people use in their daily lives, such as radios in the 1930s Demand (noun) = when a lot of people want something In winter there is a lot of demand for warm clothing, whereas in spring there is a lot of demand for lighter clothing. Lay off (verb) = to lose your job
Worksheet Fill in TLS Worksheet (chain of events) – Indicate short- or long-term causes (ST, LT)