Echoes from a Difficult Past- The Great Depression Resource Pack
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Authors
Rashotte, Paul
Harris, Eternity
Date
2015-04-25
Type
other
Language
en
Keyword
Great Depression , Socioeconomic , Social Change , Economic Developments , Western Canada , Eastern Canada , Liberals , Conservatives , New Deal , On-to-Ottawa Trek , Five-Cent Speech , Stock Market Crash , William Lyon Mackenzie King , R.B. Bennett
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Abstract
The objective of this resource pack is to empower teachers to help students to learn
about key socioeconomic developments within Canada during the Great Depression, while also
enhancing students’ understanding of the challenges that different groups of Canadians faced at this
time. This resource pack utilizes the historical concepts of significance, evidence, continuity and
change, cause and consequences, historical perspective, and ethical dimensions, in order to enable
teachers to accomplish these objectives. The first lesson provides a means for teaching students to
recognize the historical significance of Great Depression widespread poverty. The second lesson
addresses the many causes and consequences of the Great Depression, and examines their impact on
different groups of Canadians. The third lesson examines the ethical dimensions that surround the
perspectives and policies of the Liberal and Conservative political parties. While the fourth lesson
draws upon a wide array of activities and sources, in order to depict the historical perspectives of
diverse groups of Canadians. The fifth lesson examines the historical continuity and change of various
socioeconomic developments throughout the Great Depression. The sixth lesson advances students’
knowledge of the Great Depression by teaching students to transform primary and secondary sources
into valuable historical evidence. This resource pack provides teachers’ with a valuable platform for
immersing students within the economic and social changes of the Great Depression.
Description
Historical thinking resource pack of 6 history lesson plans for Queen's University Faculty of Education B.Ed. course: Intermediate-Senior History.