Boom to Bust: 1920's and 1930's
Statement of Inquiry: Competition and Cooperation can cause a change in relationships and interdependence.
Key Concept: Change
Related Concepts: Relationships and Interdependence
Global Context and Exploration: Identity and Relationships - Competition and Cooperation
Guiding Questions:
Factual: What were the causes of the Boom Bust cycle?
Conceptual: How did the Boom Bust cycle affect the lives of every day Canadians?
Debatable: To what extent did the Boom Bust cycle transform Canada as a nation?
Lesson One:
Lesson Two:
Lesson Three:
Lesson Four:
Lesson Five:
Lesson Six:
Lesson Seven:
Lesson Eight: I am missing some of these assignments. They were due March 13th
Key Concept: Change
Related Concepts: Relationships and Interdependence
Global Context and Exploration: Identity and Relationships - Competition and Cooperation
Guiding Questions:
Factual: What were the causes of the Boom Bust cycle?
Conceptual: How did the Boom Bust cycle affect the lives of every day Canadians?
Debatable: To what extent did the Boom Bust cycle transform Canada as a nation?
Lesson One:
- After finishing the Govt test, complete the WW1 crossword using the clues on the back, your text and your phone.
- Read through the summary of WW1 and find the answers posted around the room.
- Re-cap the important events and significance of WW1.
- Complete a map identifying the different alliances that existed during WW1.
Lesson Two:
- Ask students what they already know about the 20s/30s
- Watch clip from The Great Gatsby to see what prohibition era parties looked like. And another dancing scene.
- Play a 1920s slang game. Get into teams. Ask students what are the most popular slang terms of today? The 1920s also had slang. Give out pieces of paper. I will read them the word in a sentence, must come up with a definition. I will read them to the class and then tell them the real answer. They get a point if they guess correctly.
- Play part of the film Untouchables, explain Canadian link to Prohibition 11:23-16 mins and 47:39-60.53 mins
-Canadian Connection and discuss prohibition in the states. Pay attention to the costumes etc in the video; look at the styles.- First scene: Liquor raid on Al Calpone, all liquor stamped with maple leaf because Canada isn’t dry. Police force corrupt, already know that they were coming. He has to form a group of “untouchables” uncorrupt people (accountant, minority who is an outsider and new to police, older beat cop who was never promoted because he won’t take bribes). Elliot Ness and his crew target rum runners and Al Capone's accountant.
- Second scene: got Capone on tax evasion, not murder etc. get his accountant to admit all the people in the justice system on his payroll. The scene shows them catching rum runners on the bridge bringing liquor from Canada to Chicago.
- Watch "The Story of Us" episode seven Boom or Bust and fill out a worksheet.
Lesson Three:
- Read pages 63-64 on the Winnipeg General Strike in the textbook. Recorded Social, political and economic causes of the strike and outcomes of the strike. Video one and Video two.
- In groups, we will research why Women, Veterans, Workers, Factory Owners, Aboriginals and Immigrants and African Canadians were angry in the 1920s and complete a jigsaw. This information can be found in you textbook from pages 62-76. Complete in this worksheet.
- Presented our groups to the class and recorded notes for each.
- Discussed how these tensions boiled over in Winnipeg in May of 1919.
Lesson Four:
- Review Steps to independence in the 1920s with History Bites Mother Britain 0-7:20 and Gslides on King/Byng and Group of Seven (7 if time)
- Read pages 63, 67, and 69 and record ways Canada was becoming more dependent on the US in the 1920s
- Discuss Regionalism in the 1920s and how the party The Progressive developed: take notes
Regionalism: Concern of the various regions of the country with their own local problems.
Free trade: Openly allowed to trade goods without taxes
Tariffs: Taxes on foreign goods, to make them more expensive and less desirable (depression after ww1, concerned countries will take business belonging to deserving Canadians)
Tariffs – Protect industry
1921 Election
Mackenzie King(leads Liberals) Arthur Meighen (Replaces Borden-Conservatives)
Social Reformer.
117 Members 50
Progressives = 64
Formed in 1919 Thomas Crerar
-Want Free trade and Nationalize Railways
-Make King bring in Old Age Pension act 1927-$240 year
- Discuss Regionalism in the 1920s and how the party The Progressive developed: take notes
- US influence over Canada- take notes
- -USA = economic powerhouse after WW1. Invests in Canada (therefore ownership)
-They import from us – what can they spend a lot of money here (dictate to Canada)
-Branch Plants – Businesses owned by states, operated in Canada --- bad because funnels all profits back to the USA, without leaving anything in Canada. – Helps avoid paying Canadian taxes.
-USA owns most of Canada’s oil, machinery and chemical, rubber and electrical companies.
-Communications: Hard to compete with USA Culture etc. Radio from USA—more listened to. Movies from USA. – Canadians who want to act have to go to Hollywood.
- -USA = economic powerhouse after WW1. Invests in Canada (therefore ownership)
- Kahoot to review how Canada became more independent in the 1920s
- Watch video on how the stock market works
- Start on slide 24, look at a photo journal of the positive things of the 1920's. Questions at the end.
Lesson Five:
- Learn the economics term and sing the song: (economics, economics, up and down, up and down. Recession and Depression, Recession and Depression. Recovery, Prosperity. --> To the tune of Frere Jacques)
- notes on the economy and causes of the stock market crash.
- Watch the first 7:30 of Crash Course Great Depression.
- Review the Great Depression Causes.
- Review John Maynard Keynes in notes, explain how his ideas influenced The Social Credit Party and CCF. He has also influenced how we have dealt with every economic downtown since then (i.e. BC economic Plan). Watch the two videos below to explain Keynes philosophy. Only watch 3.5 minutes of the Keynes rap as the rest is about another economist. Fear the Boom and Bust and Paradox of Shift.
Lesson Six:
- Learn about John Maynard Keynes and how his economic theories influenced leaders during the Great Depression
- Now that we know how the Political Parties Dealt with the Depression, we will learn about how the Canadian Population dealt with the depression. Today we will learn about Farmers. Watch the clip Blown Away (see Canada a People's history, go to 35 minutes )
- Examine all of the distractions there were occurring in Canada during the 30's: Dionne Quints- one, two, three & Grey Owl.
- Prep students for the Gallery Walk tomorrow by reviewing what a primary or secondary source is.
Lesson Seven:
- The day will be spent in the library examining primary and secondary sources. Student will fill our this graphic organizer as they move from table to table. Each table will have an image or document on it.
Lesson Eight: I am missing some of these assignments. They were due March 13th
- Road to War GSlides and notes. (Will be done as part of WW2 introduction)
- Summative Project for this unit:
- Goal: is to report on the effects of the Boom Bust cycle.
- Role: To be a newspaper writer who is submitting a report on an important issue or event during this time period.
- Audience: the editor of the paper so you can get your article published.
- Situation: the challenge involves summarizing the important aspects of the event or issue.
- Product: Your will create a newspaper article.
- Standards: Criterion B (all) and Criterion D ii:synthesize information to create a valid, well supported argument. include a headline.