2. The 1930’s: The Depression Era
One of the causes of the Depression in the 1930’s was a Stock Market Crash on Black Tuesday .
In order to better understand how the stock market works, you will play a stock market simulation game
Please listen to the instructions carefully!

3. Instructions
3 or 4 class members will be stockbrokers. Set up office in the corners of the classroom. You must have a calculator, a supply of stock certificates, and a stock record page!
The purpose of the Game is to gain experience in playing the stock market. Your aim is to make as much money as possible. You start with $5000 that has been left to you as an inheritance from your grandmother’s will.
You may invest any amount of money in one company, or all three. For the purpose of the game, you cannot sell your stock during the first three cycles. Each investor must carefully record each purchase on the expense sheet.

4. Cycle 1 – Year: 1925
Stocks for the following 3 companies are for sale:
Winnipeg Electric Light
@ $30/stock
International Nickel
@ $20/stock
Consolidated Mining & Smelting of Canada @ $50/stock
Visit stockbrokers and record your investments.

5. Cycle 2 - Year: 1927
TWO years have passed. The economy of the country has been strong and the stocks have increased in value.
Calculate the profits made on these stocks if you had sold in them in 1927
At this time students may borrow $10,000 from the bank (teacher) with expected repayment of $12,000

6. Cycle 2 – Year: 1927
Stocks for the following 3 companies are for sale:
Winnipeg Electric Light @ $80/stock
International Nickel @ $50/stock
Consolidated Mining & Smelting of Canada @ $300/stock
Visit stockbrokers and record your investments.

7. Cycle 3 – Year: 1929
Calculate the profits/losses made on your stocks based on the new value of each stock. You may buy stocks.
Debrief
If this were real life, how would you feel?
What might investors do with their profits?
What might companies do with their profits?

8. Cycle 3 – Year: 1929
Stocks for the following 3 companies are for sale:
Winnipeg Electric Light @ $100/stock
International Nickel @ $70/stock
Consolidated Mining & Smelting of Canada @ $600/stock
Visit stockbrokers and record your investments.

9. Cycle 4 – Year: October 1929
Stocks for the following 3 companies are for sale:
Winnipeg Electric Light @ $20/stock
International Nickel @ $30/stock
Consolidated Mining & Smelting of Canada @ $200/stock
Record your investments. You may now SELL or BUY stocks.

10. Cycle 4 Black Tuesday October 29, 1929
A. Calculate your profits or losses on your stocks based on the value at this time.
Debrief
How do you feel about your losses?
What would you do if this were real life?
How might your actions affect the economy of the country?
How might companies suffer?
B. Students are allowed to buy or sell stocks at this time.

11. Cycle 5 – Year: 1932
Stocks for the following 3 companies are for sale:
Winnipeg Electric Light @ $2/stock
International Nickel @ $5/stock
Consolidated Mining & Smelting of Canada @ $10/stock
Visit stockbrokers and record your investments.

12. Cycle 5 – Year: 1932 Calculate the value of your stocks Debrief
Why do you think the stock markets continued to decline?
What do you think caused this decline?

13. Homework Read D:1 - The Depression Era 1930’s Chapter Summary.
Read Pages 91 – 95 of the new textbook and complete the D2: Causes of the Depression Worksheet