What Caused the Dust Bowl? DBQ Essay

We'll be working on your five paragraph document based question (DBQ) essay on the Dust Bowl the next two classes. 

Remember that the essay must be in your own words and not copied. Please seem me in class, during advisory or after school for help.

Stock Market Simulation WebQuest 2014

Use you worksheet (link here) to do the eTextbook goals, Stock Market activities on the Dow and NASDAQ, and then you can play the simulations.

Simulation I [Only works on some school computers, used as an example]

1. Click here and make sure that it opens in another window.

2. Read the introduction and then click on "Trade Traditional Stocks"

3. (You don’t need to update the Shock player. Don't update. If you have trouble, let me know.)

4. Buy stock in Duke, YeeeeeHaw.com, the Electric Co, and hypercola in any combination.

Stock Market Simulation II

This one is more complex and has a variety of scenarios. It also uses real company stock for examples.

How'd you do? Record your percent return on your worksheet.  Remember, you started with $15,000.  Also keep in mind that this is just a simulator--you'll never see returns like this in real life.

Bonus question:
Was the 1929 crash the biggest stock market crash in U.S. history? It depends on how you measure but there's some interesting info here.

If you still have time, check out the Golden Age of Radio WebQuest.

Ch 22 & 23 Project

You can make and awesome creative project or write your own test.  It's up to you.  Due next class.

Worksheet & Directions:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1srWALXyekT7LPi_gdWw5zvvf3Fhhnln9OrQiB50Macg/edit?usp=sharing

 

An amazing student created example of a video is here:


 

Ch 23 The Great Depression & The New Deal Enchancement

Chapter 23 Book Resources

Ch 23 practice quizzes and other resources
(click on progress monitoring tests for the quizzes)
Ch 23 Practice Test

Great Depression Crossword

Oh Yeah?: Herbert Hoover Predicts Prosperity

More to come?  Have any other resources to share?

Online Resources

FDR and Polio

Videos

You can also search Google for John Steinbeck, Shirley Temple, and King Kong (1933) from section 3.

Stock Market Simulation WebQuest

Use you worksheet to do the eTextbook goals, Stock Market activities on the Dow and NASDAQ, and then you can play the simulations.
 
Simulation I [Only works on some school computers]

1. Click here and make sure that it opens in another window.

2. Read the introduction and then click on "Trade Traditional Stocks"

3. (You don’t need to update the Shock player. Don't update. If you have trouble, let me know.)

4. Buy stock in Duke, YeeeeeHaw.com, the Electric Co, and hypercola in any combination.

5. You don’t need to spend all of your money right away and you can buy and sell with each turn.

6. Hit the “two week advance” button.

7. Click on the "news flash" option, read and evaluate. Then buy and sell stock.

8. Repeat step 6.

How'd you do? Record your percent return on your worksheet.

Stock Market Simulation II

If you've mastered the first one and have time, try your hand at this one. It's more complex and has a variety of scenarios. It also uses real company stock for examples.

How'd you do? Record your percent return on your worksheet.

Bonus question:
Was the 1929 crash the biggest stock market crash in U.S. history? It depends on how you measure but there's some interesting info here.

If you still have time, check out the Golden Age of Radio WebQuest.

Ch 23 Practice Test

The Chapter 23 Great Depression and New Deal test is fast approaching.  

Make sure to complete and study your Ch 23 Test Review Sheet (pink) and take your Ch 23 Practice test at SuccessNet.  

The online test is for practice and you will not receive a grade based on your score.

Many test questions are on there but not all and some questions on the practice test aren't on the actual test.  
  
Good Luck!

There will also be a study session after school on Thursday in my room until 4:05.  There will be help and more study games.