Friday, October 26th Class

The Great Depression

On Thursday and Friday we looked into the Great Depression and the impact which it had on Canadian Society. It was a time of tumultuous changes in society and also set the stage for WWII which we will begin next week.
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Key Vocabulary / Questions

Pogey

• Pogey was a type of social welfare which people could get. Unfortunately to get it you had to wait for hours in a lineup and publicly declare yourself ruined. There was a lot of shame associated with pogey and even then, it wasn't enough to survive.
• It was somewhere between 15-50 for a family with 3 children for the whole month. 
• Indigenous people only received about $5.00.

What were Bennett's New Deals and how were they supposed to help the economy? 

• The New Deals were public works projects that were supposed to inject money into the economy.
• Part of the plan was to send single men to work for about a quarter ($0.25) a day in remote places building ditches and roads. 
• Not everyone was on-board with the ideas, but the government's attempts to inject money into the economy helped. 

See the below video about Bennett

Homework

1920's Worksheet - We completed this worksheet last week about the 1920's 

Stock Exchange Simulation - We completed the WS on Page 6, considering ways we could have avoided the stock market crisis. 

Gatsby Paragraph

Write a paragraph about the Great Gatsby. 

• What are some similarities and differences between the 20's and now?
• How do you think the author might be critiquing society of the time? 
• Do you think things have improved since then? Why or why not? 

When you are writing about the movie/book, please try to refer to specific examples from the movie or book. 

Example: "I felt that the 1920's was more shallow than these days."

Better Example: "I felt the 1920's was more shallow than modern day society because of the lack of care which people showed each other in the movie. For example.... " 

The more you can support your ideas the better :) 

We also began the 1930's Worksheet

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Test Talk

Next Wednesday we will have a test based on the 1920's and 1930's .
It will follow a similar format to last time.
Vocabulary matching
Short Answer
Multi-media
Long-answer

The last long answer question may involve using the notes from the in-class activity which I will provide for you.

As always, the Key Words and Essential Questions will all be on the test.
The other questions will be drawn from the question worksheets.

I will post potential questions soon, so stay tuned !

Some 20's/30's music to get you Jazzed

The importance of "Grit"