Great Depression: Causes & Facts

I'm going to let you do some independent research for this blog.

"The Great Depression" is one of the most famous eras in American History, but as with most things, it is more complicated than at first glance.

For this week's blog, research "The Great Depression" and answer the following four questions (50 words each).

1) What exactly does the 1929 "stock market crash" mean?

2) What role did banks play in the Great Depression?

3) What types of people did not suffer during the Great Depression?

4) Do a Google Image Search on "The Great Depression" and describe the photo/image that makes the greatest impact on you.

World War One: Two Perspectives

We are doing another blog on World War One this week because one week was not enough!

Last week you chose specialized articles relating to interesting subtopics of this war.

This week I want you to get the bigger picture.

You are going to watch two crash course episodes this week. One from "US History" and one from "World History". 

For the comment sections, write a 100 word summary for EACH video. Be sure to write about both perspectives of this war-the American side (US History video) and the "world side" (World History video).

Crash Course World History Video-World War One

Crash Course US History Video-World War One

Note-Some information in both videos may be the same, considering the overall topic is the same. But...there should be a different focus from each video. Certainly enough to write two separate summaries.

World War One: The War To End All Wars...

As this week's title suggests, after World War One was completed people across the globe thought we would never have a conflict of that magnitude again. In fact, maybe somewhat obviously, World War One was not called that until we had World War Two. Up until that point, it was referred to as "The Great War".

There are so many different directions the blog can take this week. This is what I've decided...

At this website you'll find twenty-four different "eye witness accounts" of various aspects of World War One. Read the titles to find what sounds interesting and then read the article. You only have to choose ONE for this week's blog.

For the comment section, simply discuss the article you chose. What was the main point? What did you learn about World War One that you did not know? What was interesting/scary/funny/sad etc. about your article. (Make sure your comments are at least 200 words)