1. Canada in 1930: An
introduction
Mr. Danowski From the Roaring 20s to the Dirty 30s.

2. Class Outline!
 Short History of
Disasters
 The Essential
Question of the
1930s
 Review of the past
 The Business Cycle
 Work on speeches

3. A short history of disasters…
North American Ice
Storm (Formed January
4, 1998 Dissipated
January 10, 1998)
35 confirmed dead
$5-7 billion in damage
Key Q’s: Who’s responsible Who is not responsible for this?
to fix this?

4. Hurricane Katrina, 2005
(Formed August 23,
2005 Dissipated August
30, 2005)
1,833 confirmed dead
Between $96 billion and
$125 billion in damage
Could the damage have
been averted?

5. Hurricane Sandy, 2012
(Formed Oct 22,
2012 Dissipated
October 31, 2012)
185 confirmed dead
$52.4 billion in
damage

6. Now let’s bring it back to the
class
 Who is responsible for
keeping order in the
classroom?
 Who is responsible for
keeping order in the
school?
 What responsibilities do I
have as a teacher?
 What responsibilities do
you have as a student?
Are these similar, vastly
different, or both?

7. The Essential Question/Big Idea!
 When looking at this period, the issue
that is important to revolve around is
who is ultimately responsible for
success and failure in Canada during
this time.
 During the Interwar period, Canadian
society was filled with instabilities and
constantly changed as the population
responded with hardships, new

8. The Essential Question/Big Idea!
 The Great Depression was the worst financial
disaster in Canadian history
 Who is responsible for cleaning it up? When
society collapses who is ultimately responsible?
 Were the 1930s a disaster that could have been
averted?
 How could it have been? How could it have not
been?

9. Review Time! Looking into the
future.
Review the period leading up Sidebar!
Sidebar!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAR
to the 1930s, so think back to
the First World War and the Watch this video and think of these
Watch this video and think of these
1920s…: questions:
questions:
 And get into groups to discuss What does the video show about the
What does the video show about the
recurring themes, images 1920s?
1920s?
What does the future hold for the
What does the future hold for the
 What was it like in North 1930s?
1930s?
America at the end of the Focus on the images and overall
Focus on the images and overall
1920s? message at the end of the clip.
message at the end of the clip.
 What do you see looking
forward into the future? Does it
look positive or negative? After the video:
After the video:
Make a mind map of your knowledge of
Make a mind map of your knowledge of
the 1930s and present ititto the class
the 1930s and present to the class

10. The Business Cycle: Definition
 Open your textbooks to page 83 and read Figure 3.5
 A natural feature of the free-market system
 This refers to economy-wide fluctuations in production or economic
activity over several months or years
 These fluctuations occur around long-term growth and shifts over time
between period of fast economic growth (expansion or boom) and period
of decline (recession)
 Define these terms for the class and provide an example:
 Prosperity
 Recession
 Depression
 Recovery

11. A visual of the Business Cycle

12. Recovery:  Prosperity:
 The Business

Cycle
Depression: Recession:


13. Definition: Prosperity
 The state of flourishing, thriving, good fortune or
successful social status
 Prosperity in the economy means:
 Sales high
 Wages high
 Demand high
 Production high
 Unemployment low
 Inflation high

14. Definition: Recession
 A general slowdown in the economy, this occurs when there is a
widespread drop in spending following an burst of the economic bubble
(Higher education bubble)
 Governments respond to recessions a number of ways: increase
monetary supply, increase in government spending, less taxes
 Recession in the economy means:
 Sales decline
 Wages fall
 Demand declines
 Prices fall
 Production declines
 Profits fall
 Unemployment grows

15. Definition: Depression
 A depression follows the second stage of recession if the period of
economic decline is prolonged and severe
 A sustained, long-term downturn in the economy, characterized by
its length
 Depression in the economy means:
 Severe and prolonged recession
 Sales low
 Wages low
 Prices low
 Production low
 Unemployment high

16. Definition: Recovery
 This stage follows the Depression stage of the business
cycle
 Recovery in the economy means:
 Sales rise
 Wages rise
 Demand increases
 Prices rise
 Production increases
 Profits rise
 Employment increases

17. Leading us to the Great Depression
The Causes will be on Friday!
Have a great
day!
(Work on your
Soapbox
speeches
now!)