DLT - I can research and prepare for my paper on ‘What caused the Great Depression?’

Today we are researching for our 2-3 page paper that answers the question:

"What caused the Great Depression"

• Focus on two (CP) or three (Honors) of the five causes we discussed in class.
• Use sources, at least two for each topic, to support your body paragraphs with statistics, data, or quotations for each of the causes.
• In your conclusion paragraph, try to add in your own beliefs - how bad was the great depression after doing your research?

Many of the sources below discuss more than the five causes that we talked about in class, but try to focus on the five main ones. If you have your own idea for the paper, please talk with me about it.

Citations:
MLA In-Text Citations
MLA Works Cited

Example of Works Cited:

Lundman, Susan. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html.*

Homework - 1/28

• Bring a draft (Intro and Body PPHs) to class tomorrow. We will do peer editing tomorrow as part of the class.

Source List

• 1 - Buying on Credit
• http://www.umsl.edu/virtualstl/phase2/1920/events/consumer.html
• http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3396
• 1920s Consumer Culture (pay attention to p. 14 ‘Should we stop installment buying’)
• http://americainclass.org/sources/becomingmodern/prosperity/text3/colcomconsumerism.pdf
• http://athenaandkim.weebly.com/consumerism.html
• 2 - Unequal Wealth Distribution
• 1930s High Society
• https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/1930s-high-society/
• Comparing today’s wealth inequality to the 1920s
• https://www.marketwatch.com/story/its-been-almost-a-100-years-since-the-americas-1-had-so-much-wealth-2019-02-11
• Unequal Distribution of Wealth
• https://thegreatdepressionmhsapush.weebly.com/unequal-distribution-of-wealth.html
• 3 - Over-Production / Under Consumption
• The Great Depression Hits Farms and Cities
• http://www.iowapbs.org/iowapathways/mypath/great-depression-hits-farms-and-cities-1930s
• http://historylearning.com/modern-world-history/america-1918/causes-of-the-great-depression/
• 4 - Unstable Banking System
• Articles about farming and Bank Failures
• https://www.farmcollector.com/farm-life/u-s-farmers-during-great-depression
• https://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/money_08.html
• 5 - Weak International Trade
• Smoot Hawley Trade Tariff
• https://tradevistas.org/one-trade-lesson-everyone-learn-smoot-hawley/
• https://spartacus-educational.com/Smoot-Hawley.htm
• https://www.history.com/news/trade-war-great-depression-trump-smoot-hawley
• https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/what-caused-the-great-depression/
• Other (These sources cover everything)
• Great Depression Interviews
• http://digital.wustl.edu/greatdepression/browse.html
• Data Set
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UsUD4EyxGec_FCZm9n-uNNUcpnmNIzea/view
• What Caused The Great Depression? - David Wheelock
• https://www.stlouisfed.org/~/media/files/pdfs/great-depression/the-great-depression-wheelock-overview.pdf
• Causes of the Great Depression - Britannica
• https://www.britannica.com/story/causes-of-the-great-depression
• 5 causes of the Great Depression - Thoughtco
• https://www.thoughtco.com/causes-of-the-great-depression-104686