Transcript File - Ms. Pena`s History Class

January 22, 2015
• Please sit quietly and begin working on the Warm-Up.
Homework: Catch up on Study Guide, Quia Quiz 5 & 6, Work on
Project
Today’s Agenda & Objective
1. Warm-up
2. Activity
3. Data Analysis &
Discussion
• Analyze data to
evaluate the causes
of the Great
Depression.
Please get into your Home
Groups!
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Stock Brokers- Joesph’s Group
Non-wealthy investors- Ashley’s & Alexandria’s Groups
Wealthy investors- Adrian’s & Jordan’s Groups
Bankers- James’ Group
Please write your Group’s
situation
Non-wealthy investors- You have invested money in the stock
market by paying 10% of the stocks’ total cost and borrowing the
rest from your stock broker.
Wealthy investors- You have invested $ in the stock market by
paying 100% of the stocks’ cost.
Stock Brokers- you invest $ for investors. For non-wealthy investors,
you take out loans from he bank to cover 90% of the stocks’ cost.
Bankers- You lent $ to the stockbrokers to cover 90% of the stocks’
cost that the non-wealthy investors owe to the stockbrokers.
January 1926
The stock market is booming. Production and consumer spending is
strong and the value of most stocks continue to rise
Non-wealthy investors- Collect 10 pieces of wealth from Ms. Pena
but give 5 pieces of wealth to the stock brokers to pay off some of your
loan.
Stock brokers- collect 5 pieces of wealth from the non-wealthy
investors but give 4 pieces of wealth to the bank
Bankers-to pay off some of your loan collect 4 pieces of wealth from
the stock brokers.
Wealthy investors- collect 10 pieces of wealth from Ms. Pena and
keep all of them
Log Your Information!
April 1928
Business and consumer spending begin to slow due to overproduction and
under-consumption. The stock market declines slightly as people begin to
sell some of their stock.
Non-wealthy investors- Give 1 piece of wealth to Ms. Pena
and give 1 piece of wealth to the stockbrokers to pay off
some of your loan.
Stock brokers- collect 1 piece of wealth from the nonwealthy investors but give it directly to the bank
Bankers-to pay off some of your loan collect 1 piece of
wealth from the stock brokers.
Wealthy investors- Give 1 piece of wealth to Ms. Pena
Log Your Information!
October 21, 1929
The stock market takes a big drop. People begin to lose confidence in
the market and sell stock rapidly. The overall value of the market
goes down. Stock brokers recall the loans from non-wealthy
investors, who cannot pay them. Banks call in their loans lent to
stockbrokers.
• Non-wealthy investors- Give 3 pieces of wealth to Ms. Pena
• Stock Brokers- Give 4 pieces of wealth to the Bankers and give
2 pieces of wealth to Ms. Pena
• Bankers- Collect 1 piece of wealth from the Stock Brokers
• Wealthy Investors- Give 3 pieces of wealth to Ms. Pena
Log Your Information!
October 29, 1929
BLACK TUESDAY!
A selling frenzy makes many stocks worthless, and the overall value
of the market declines drasticaLly. Bankers invest in the market in
an attempt to keep stock values up, and President Hoover assures
the public that the market is still safe for investments.
• Wealthy Investors-Give 3 pieces of wealth to Ms. Pena
• Bankers- Give 3 pieces of wealth to Ms. Pena
December 1929
The bankers’ attempts to save the market fail and banks lose their
investment. The value of the stock market continues to decline.
Wealthy investors lose their investment since there are no buyers to
buy their remaining stock. $30 billion of wealth is lost. Confidence in
the stock market plummets and remains low throughout the early
years of the Great Depression.
• Wealthy Investors- Give 3 pieces of wealth to Ms. Pena
• Bankers- Give 3 pieces of wealth to Ms. Pena
Please plot data on your graph and connect the
points! Then answer questions 1-16 with your
partner. Skip #15.
What caused the Great Depression?
January 21, 2015
Please sit quietly and begin on the Warm-Up Activity.
Homework: Read p. 478-482, Study Guide p. 8, Work on
Project
Election of 1928
• Herbert Hoover (Republican) won by majority
• Experience under Harding and Coolidge administration
• Prosperity of Republican presidents helped
Causes of the Great Depression
• Consumers and farmers in debt
• Industries weak (RR lose money to the car)
• Wartime industries no longer in demand (automobile,
construction & goods)
• WWI prices rose as demand soared
• After WWI crop prices dropped with the drop in demand,
farmers kept growing crops
• Farmers went into debt and couldn’t pay off loans
• Decreased incomes led to decreased # of goods purchased
• Buying on credit with the installment plan increased debt and
led to cut on spending
• Uneven distribution of income- rich got richer, poor got poorer
• Availability of loans
Stock Market
• Increased confidence of American economy
• Dow Jones Industrial Average- measure of stock market’s
health
• In the 1920s, stock prices rose and Americans rushed to
buy stocks
• Americans engaged in overspeculation- bought stocks for
quick profit
• Many people began buying on margin
• Black Tuesday
• October 29, 1929
Great Depression
• Declining economy and increased unemployment (25%)
• Bank and business failures
• After the crash many withdrew money from banks but
banks used money to invest in stocks
• Less goods produced
• Workers experienced pay cuts and decreased hours
International Depression
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European nations recovering from WWI suffered
Decreased demand for American products
Dawes Plan
Hawley Smoot Tariff (1930) highest in US History
• Prevented other countries from buying products
Herbert Hoover’s Response
• Tried to reassure nation the economy was sound and need
to be optimistic
• Believed in limited role of government (semi laissez faire)
• Hoover opposed welfare or relief to needy
• Call for voluntarism- individuals, organizations and
charities help the less fortunate
• American mentality- frustrated yet don’t want to depend
on government
Economic Cycle
Review the following Key
Terms!
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installment plan
buying on credit
Great Depression
Black Tuesday
Herbert Hoover
buying on margin
overspeculation
January 22, 2015
• Please begin working on the Warm-Up
Homework: Catch up on Study Guide, Work on Project
Attention:
• Please be respectful
about the
information you
read, see or hear
throughout today’s
lesson.
• Noises, laughter will
NOT be tolerated as
it disrespects the
struggles Americans
faced through a
hard, economic
time.
Document A
Document C
Document D
Document E
Document F
Document G
Document H
Please analyze the photos and
answering the questions for
each document.
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No talking… This is a museum, whispers only
Write your responses in the boxes for Documents A-H
You have 15 minutes to complete this activity
Please get out of your seat to experience the pictures!
When you finish, complete the graphic organizer on the
following page.
Gallery Walk Norms
• Look at/read the
primary source
documents and
answer the
questions in the
corresponding
boxes.
• If one area is too
crowded, find
another area with
the primary source
documents.
• No talking, laughing,
bothering other
people/groups,
shoving.
• No writing on
posters
newspapers/walls/
boards, etc.
Recap:
• What were Hoovervilles?
• What were laws/rights that were violated?
• What was the Mexican-American experience like?
• What was the African-American experience like?
Check for Understanding
Imagine you are a teenager living in the 1930s. Write a letter to
President Herbert Hoover about what you are experiencing during
the early 1930s. Explain what you notice other Americans are also
going through and provide questions and/or suggestions to the
president to fix the financial problem never imagined by any
American in US History.
January 23, 2015
• Please sit quietly and wait for class to begin.
Homework: Read p. 488-494, Study Guide p. 9, Quia Quiz #9
Republican Philosophy
•Hoover’s political philosophy led to his cautious approach to
the depression
•Asked employers to not cut wages or lay off workers
•Asked workers not to strike
•Soup kitchens:
•Bread lines:
•Hoovervilles:
•Vagabonds:
•Tide turned against Hoover and Republicans in Congress
•Americans grew angry with the government
•Farmers burned crops
Hoover Takes Action!
• Boulder Dam (1929) provided electricity and water
• Federal Farm Board- intended to raise crop prices
• Federal Home Loan Bank Act (1932)- decreased
mortgage rates for homeowners allowed farmers to
refinance
• Reconstruction Finance Corporation- $2 billion
emergency funding for banks, life insurance, railroad
construction, large businesses.
Bonus Army
• 10-20 thousand WWI vets marched to DC and camped
outside
• Demanded bonuses received in 1945 to be paid ASAP
• Asked marchers to leave, asked General MacArthur and
Dwight D. Eisenhower to disband
January 26, 2015
• Please quietly begin working on the Warm-Up activity.
Homework: Read p. 495-501, Study Guide p. 10, Work on
Project
Election of 1932
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic candidate wins by a
landslide with Democratic majority in House of Reps
• Led to the 20th Amendment- Moved presidential
inaugurations from March to January 20th (effective 1933).
• Worked with advisers to formulate policies to alleviate the
problems of the Great Depression
• First 100 Days- First 3 months of FDR’s administration
where congress passed 15 pieces of legislations and
expanded the governments role in US economy.
New Deal
• Policies designed by FDR’s administration to provide relief,
recover the economy and reform the US
• Bank holiday- declared by FDR to close all banks to prevent
withdrawals to inspect banks and revive confidence in banks
• Fireside chats- FDR used the radio to justify New Deal policies to
the American people
• Led to FDIC and SEC
• 21st Amendment (1933)- repealed the 18th Amendment to tax
alcohol
• NIRA- established codes of fair practice for industries.
Created National Recovery Administration which set prices
of products and established standards. Aim to promote
recovery but limited production and established prices.
• Social Security Act (1935)- retired pension for adults 65+,
unemployment, welfare to families
• Wagner Act- allowed workers to join unions and
collectively bargain, prohibited unfair practices
• Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)- set maximum hours of
work per week and minimum wage.
• *FDR considered a “friend of labor”
• HOLC
Criticisms of New Deal
• Deficit spending- spending more money than the government
receives, creating inflation
• Leads to socialism with welfare programs created, went against
capitalism
• Supreme Court packing scheme- FDR reorganized Supreme
Court by appointing 6 new Supreme Court justices, violates
separation of powers
• Charles Coughlin, Francis Townsend, Huey Long
• Conservatives: Government is too large and too powerful
because it stifled free enterprise
• Liberals: FDR didn’t do enough to eliminate social and economic
inequalities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq_8cOIFbUM
Read two policies and create a
soup can highlighting the policy
January 27, 2015
• Please take out your handout from yesterday’s class and wait
for further instructions.
Homework: Catch up on Study Guide, Quia Quizzes 5 and 6,
Work on Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zys8E6B40_E
Read two policies and create a
soup can highlighting the policy
To what extent was the New
Deal effective?
• Please share your policies out to your home group in order
of the graphic organizer.
• Share your Soup Can with your Homies!
January 28, 2015
• Please take out your handout from yesterday’s class and wait
for further instructions.
Homework: Catch up on Study Guide, Quia Quizzes 5 and 6,
Work on Project
January 28, 2015
• Please sit quietly and begin the Warm-Up Activity.
Homework: Catch up on Study Guide, Quia Quizzes 5 and 6,
Work on Project
January 29, 2015
• Please sit quietly and read through the handout. Choose three
proposals to present to President FDR.
Homework: Catch up on Study Guide, Quia Quizzes 5 and 6, Work on
Project
Please take out your Study Guide
packet and notes titled, “New Deal”
Please analyze Documents C-F
How effective was the New Deal?
• Read through the documents.
• Decide whether this would support your opinion or go
against it.
• Use your Study Guide packet and notes to decide who
would agree with the Document.
• Use your Study Guide packet and notes to determine which
New Deal programs or policies connect with it.
January 30, 2015
• Please take out the following handouts:
• Study Guide packet
• New Deal Notes packet
Homework: Work on project, Catch up on Study Guide, Quia
Quizzes 5 and 6, Prepare for Performance Task on Monday
What is a Socratic Seminar?
• College-like discussion led by student
generated questions using primary
sources and making connections to
better understand content.
Acceptable and Unacceptable
Behavior in a Socratic Seminar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17_55JBZqgc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYylYdu_7C4
Inner Circle v. Outer Circle
Implication and Consequence Probes:
•What are you implying by that?
•But if that happened, what else would
happen as a result? Why?
Clarification Questions:
•What effect would that have?
• What do you mean by ___________?
Positive/negative? Why?
•How does ___________ relate to_________ ?
•What is a political/social/economic effect?
•Could you give me an example that relates What caused this to happen?
to today?
•Is there an alternative?
•Could you explain that further?
•I’m sorry, can you repeat the question?
Sentence Frames to Use:
•I agree/disagree with __________, because…..
Reason and Evidence Probes:
•In the speech/article by _______, it states….
•What would be an example of ______________? What do you think is the main argument?
•Why do you think that is true?
How does this relate to what we are learning?
•Do you have any evidence for that?
•Even though this is the argument made by…. I
•Is there a reason to doubt that evidence? think the counter argument would be….
What could be the counter-argument to
•I think this is significant because…
what ______ is saying?
•Can someone else give evidence to support
that response?
Was the New
Deal effective?
February 2, 2015
• Please take out your Study Guide packet and a writing
utensil (pen or pencil).
• Please wait for further instructions.
Homework: Work on project, Catch up on Study Guide, Quia
Quizzes 5 and 6
February 3, 2015
• Please sit quietly and wait for further instructions.
Homework: Complete project (Due tomorrow!), Quia
Quizzes 5 and 6
Your magazine must have the
following REQUIREMENTS:
• Cover page
• Table of contents
• Four stories about the topics of your choice from the 1920s
and 1930s written in your own words using Key Terms
from the unit, analysis/connection to PERSIA, and include a
visual.
• Letter to the editor answering one of the questions: How
did politics or life shift during the 1920s or how does one
of your topics connect to US politics/society today?
• Advertisement(s) from the time period
• Works Cited page for pictures/advertisements
Letter to the Editor
How did politics or
life shift during the
1920s ?
or
How does one of
your topics connect
to US
politics/society
today?
Verbal Quiz
• Must address Who, What, Where, When, and Why the Key
Term is Significant.
• Goal: Connect your Key Terms to other Key Terms on the
lists
• 30 seconds in, a Homie can save you.