Grade 9-12
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Lesson

Where did All the Money Go? The Great Depression Mystery

Time: 90 mins,
Updated: May 15 2019,
Author: cfitzthum Fitzthum
Teacher Version

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Analyze the relationship between increases and decreases in employment and consumer spending.
  • Define and identify interdependence within a market economy.
  • Describe how the policies of the Federal Reserve System during the 20s and 30s affected the Great Depression.

Standards

National Standards in Economics

State Standards

Common Core State Standards

Concepts

Financial Markets, Markets and Prices, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

In this economic lesson, students will identify conditions in the economy to learn about the Great Depression.

Subjects:
Economics,Social Studies