The Great Depression around the World = WWII

Introduction

Directions: You will go through this website to determine how the Great Depression not only occurred in the United States, but happened around the world. You will also see how this economic crash led to WWII.

Task

Step 1: Get familar with the website.

Step 2: Look at the graphs & maps like the one below showing unemployment in countries around the world...

Unemployment in Nations Around the World

Step 3: Answer the questions on the graphs & maps.

Step 4: Be sure to watch all of the video links & answer the video questions.

Step 5: Create a picture that shows a connection of the Great Depression to WWII...

Process

MAP/GRAPH #1

Question #1: Out of the regions of the New England (New York, Massachuetts, Vermont, Conneticut), the Deep South (Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi) the Mid-West (Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas), the Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah) and the West Coast (California, Oregon, Washington) which two regions were impacted the most in the United States when the depression hit?

MAP/GRAPH #2

Question #2: Which country had the highest unemployment during the 1930's? After the Treaty of Versailles to end WWI, this country also had to pay off huge "war debts".

MAP/GRAPH #3

Question: Name 3 nations whose world trade declined by over 50% when the Great Depression hit...(think about how many people around the world were affected by this economic crash).

MAP/GRAPH #4

QUESTION #4 = What happened to gold during the Depression?

MAP/GRAPH #5

QUESTION #5 = Besides Norway, what are the other two countries whose unemployment of people in the cities was over 30% during the Great Depression...

Evaluation

Answer the following questions after watching the videos below...

1) What are the 3 R's of the New Deal?

2) Name three abbreviations of work programs that the New Deal made to give people jobs...

3) How did FDR tell people that he was working to get them work?

4) How were African Americans treated during the Great Depression & FDR's New Deal?

5) Did the New Deal work? Why or why not?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKsf1IbyuoA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvcWeNf9g6A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6KSOaaWqb4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KebHqCxOGZY

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