The Great Depression in the USA, Britain, & Australia is an educational kit designed for students to undertake a comparative study of the impact of the Great Depression on the USA, Britain, and Australia.
The aim of the kit is for students to draw their own conclusions, based on the evidence in the kit, saying which country USA or Britain or Australia was most affected by the Great Depression.
For students to draw conclusions, the kit focuses on several areas in each of the 3 countries:
Causes
Unemployment statistics
GDP / GNP figures
Election results
Government unity
Assistance to the unemployed by Governments
The kit encourages:
Hypothesising
Analysing
Evaluation skills
Suitable for middle secondary school classes levels 8 - 10. All information needed is supplied in the kit.
Preparation for teachers? None.
Simply photocopy the Vocabulary Sheets, Work Sheets, and Table to distribute to students.
Of course, teachers must read the Teachers' Notes to know how to use the kit to follow the learning sequence.
Contents of the kit:
Teachers' Notes
1 Audio recording
1 double sided Vocabulary Sheet
2 double sided Work Sheets
1 Table