“Learning to Lead our Lives”

Title: Results of the Wall Street Crash

Skill: Knowledge and Understanding, Evaluation and Empathy

NGfL: USA 1929 -1990

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What is the connection between these two images?

What do you think her problems are?

Task 1: Look carefully at the pictures provided. Think about how American people were affected by

the Wall Street Crash.

Task 1: Look carefully at the pictures provided. Think about how American people were affected by

the Wall Street Crash.

Consider all groups in US society for example rural, urban, women, black people, young people, rich and poor.

Consider all groups in US society for example rural, urban, women, black people, young people, rich and poor.

Thursday, October 24, 1929

What can you see? How are people affected?

What can you see? How are people affected?

Unemployment in New York CityUnemployment in New York Cityhttp://bss.sfsu.edu/tygiel/Hist427/1929photos/imagesofdepression.htm

What can you see? How are people affected?

What can you see? How are people affected?

Police stand guard outside the entrance to New York's closed World

Exchange Bank, March 20, 1931. Police stand guard outside the entrance to New York's closed World

Exchange Bank, March 20, 1931.

http://bss.sfsu.edu/tygiel/Hist427/1929photos/imagesofdepression.htm

What can you see? How are people affected?

What can you see? How are people affected?

Foreclosure farms are being sold at auction as the farmers can know longer afford to pay their mortgagesForeclosure farms are being sold at auction as the

farmers can know longer afford to pay their mortgageshttp://bss.sfsu.edu/tygiel/Hist427/1929photos/imagesofdepression.htm

What can you see? How are people affected?

What can you see? How are people affected?

Dust storm approaching Spearman, Texas April 14, 1935

http://bss.sfsu.edu/tygiel/Hist427/1929photos/imagesofdepression.htm

A traveler noticed a nice new hat by the side of the road, and he stopped to pick it up. Under the hat was a man, buried up to his neck in the dust! As he dug the poor fellow out, the traveler asked if he wanted a ride into town. "No, I'll get there myself," the man replied, "I'm on a horse." (Excerpt from THE DUST BOWL by Tricia Andryszewski, p. 33.)

A traveler noticed a nice new hat by the side of the road, and he stopped to pick it up. Under the hat was a man, buried up to his neck in the dust! As he dug the poor fellow out, the traveler asked if he wanted a ride into town. "No, I'll get there myself," the man replied, "I'm on a horse." (Excerpt from THE DUST BOWL by Tricia Andryszewski, p. 33.)

What can you see? How are people affected?

What can you see? How are people affected?

http://bss.sfsu.edu/tygiel/Hist427/1929photos/imagesofdepression.htm

Homeless shacks ‘Hoovervilles’ in New York 1932

Here were all these people living in old rusted-out car bodies. ... One family ... [was] living in a piano box. This wasn't just a little section, this was maybe 10 miles wide and 10 miles long. People living in whatever they

could junk together. ..."

Here were all these people living in old rusted-out car bodies. ... One family ... [was] living in a piano box. This wasn't just a little section, this was maybe 10 miles wide and 10 miles long. People living in whatever they

could junk together. ..."

Task 2: What problems did many Americans face?

Task 2: What problems did many Americans face?

Group in American Society Problem

Task 3:Task 3:

Imagine that you are the women in the picture. Write a ‘sound bite’

explaining what you think the government should do

to help you and your family?

What should President Hoover do?What should President Hoover do?

Option 2:

The American Economy is fundamentally strong and will soon recover

from the depression on its own!

Option 1:

The government should act

quickly to support the people who

need help.

Picture courtesy of the Library of CongressPublic domain

What effects would Hoovers inaction have on the American people?

What effects would Hoovers inaction have on the American people?

Test your partner…

Describe the following effects of the Wall Street Crash of power, but without using the actual words! See how many they get right, then swap over. • Bank

closures

•Stock market collapse

• Bank closures

•Stock market collapse

•Breadlines

•Dust bowl

•Hooverville

•Bonus Army

•Breadlines

•Dust bowl

•Hooverville

•Bonus Army

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