1. Causes of the Depression
Close Reading Assignment

2. Read the article
Read paragraph 1, highlight words from that paragraph that illustrate the situation surrounding the stock market in 1929.
Create a summary sentence using a minimum of 5 of your key words.
Highlight the SIX main causes of the Great Depression. (write them on the bottom of the page)
Highlight (in a different color) key words from each of the Causes. (Write them under each cause)
Write a summary sentence for each cause using the several of the key words you highlighted.
Create a spider diagram using the “causes of the Great Depression” as the center and the causes you found as the stems along with key facts.

3. 8. Highlight President Hoover’s beliefs in how the American government and Americans themselves should respond to the depression. 9. Create a chart of illustrating the governments responsibilities and the American citizens responsibilities. 10. Highlight 5 specific ways Hoover attempted to help the economy and create a list and explain each.