AQA 8145 - America 1920-73 - Playing the stock market

This lesson explores how the stock market worked in the 1920s, leading to an assessment of the benefits and dangers of gambling on the stock market. Students begin by using a video to explore some positives and negatives of the market. Using the handout, students create their own diagram of how the stock market works, making their own definitions for the key terms. Students then play a game exploring how the market worked by ‘buying’ their own shares. Students then summarise their learning in written answers, culminating in a discussion plenary of how ordinary people and companies benefited from the stock market boom.