causes of The great depression
​group project

Main causes of the great depression:
1. Overproduction and under consumption
2. Money being too concentrated in the hands of a few wealthy families.
3. Machines replacing people leading to unemployment.
4. Families overuse the ability to buy on credit.
5. Europe unable to repay WWI debts
​6. Stock Market Speculation.

Groups

Period 1 
Group 1- Ella, Sofia, Maya, Kaylie, Ava, Luna, Alivia, Minaal, 
Group 2- Jide, Taylon, Mateo, Mia, Shuge
Group 3- Victoria, Reese, Emily, Nyia, Arisbet, Kenzie
Group 4- Jose, Blaine, Al, Damian, Maggie, Chris
Group 5- Seteven, Aidan, Bishop, Brady, Alijah, Gael, Dominic
​Group 6- Austin, Priest, Sim, Isaac, Joseph, Isabella, Noah
Period 3
Group 1- Gary, Logan, Mary, Josh, Noah, Angie
Group 2- Gemma, Gladys, Ethan, Elisia, Rylie, Drew, Callahan
Group 3- Rafael, Zaidan, Gio, Dominic, William, Jeren
Group 4- Breanna, Mitsos, Chris, Dylan, Gianna
Group 5- James, Jordan, Ben, Mia, Desiree, Estevon
​Group 6- Bre, Cienna, Natasha, Emma, Julia, Kora
All students will be provided with an in-class handout on the causes of the Great Depression. Once in a group, delegate & break down who is doing what, & work together to create a website (w/ shareable pw) to chunk up the workload. Make it fair.

Part 1
1. We will be doing Option 1 as a class, & all students will be put into one of six large groups.
2. Read the instructions & make sure you take care of the the four components listed under "For both options"...
3. As a group, make either a website & present live as a large group to the class....OR....
Make a video & record yourselves talking over your presentation.

Part 2
4. Follow the instructions & pick five solutions that attempted to stem the Depression based off of the solutions provided on the handout.

Part 3
5. Modern Day Connection- There are examples/similarities between the economies of the Great Depression & modern day. Provide an example of a modern day connection...something that is happening today that is similar to what happened back in the day.
​Example: 3. Machines replacing people leading to unemployment -->
​Chat GPT replacing workers, self-checkout stands 
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