A fun and interactive game to demonstrate how the Wall Street Crash impacted people involved in trading shares.
This lesson was created to help students understand how so many people were involved in trading shares in the 1920s and how people were caught by surprise when the stock market crashed. The lesson includes key words; an explanation of how people made money through dividends and speculation; a game where students buy and sell stocks to try and make money; an explanation of the Wall Street Crash and a summary to check understanding.
All resources are provided in a dyslexia friendly font and with consistently formated and uncluttered slides. Teacher notes and are included in the notes section on the PowerPoint for elucidation.