USA L5 - The Effects of the Wall Street Crash

This lesson contains:

• A fun game that takes around 35-40 mins to play - or the whole lesson if you want! Students get given the game worksheet and bid on certain shares. As the prices go up (each slide) the students make more money. They can take loans out and also save money in their banks. When the game ends (the market crashes), those that had shares will lose almost everything and those that used certain banks for savings will find their savings wiped out. Those who took out the loans will find that they have no money…and are in debt. This game serves to show the effects of the banking crisis and Wall Street Crash - and to your delight, some students get annoyed that they lost, illustrating it further.
• A series of on-board info about the crash, and a short video, and then a task to complete a short comprehension activity about the crash.
• A task to write the worst consequences of the crash using the prompts on the board.
• A plenary to write a newspaper title and opening paragraph that they would expect to see the next day after the crash.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation
• 1 x Publisher File