Havo 3 tto: -isms - lesson 5

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Havo 3 tto: -isms

Lesson 5

Start of the lesson

Phone NOT in classroom

Chewing gum in bin

Books, laptop + notebook on table

Sit in your spot

Menu of the day

Recap

Introduction

Economic crisis

Break

What is communism?

What is a totalitarian state?

In a free-market economy: what manufacturers produce, what consumers buy and the prices of products are determined by...

1. The government
2. Companies
3. Supply & demand
4. Taxes & subsidies

Intro

How often is there an economic crisis?

Goal

You can explain why an economic crisis in the USA led to a world crisis

Thinking sequence

What was the difference between the economy of the Soviet Union and the economy of USA?

• I will give you 10 sentences and you have to choose if it belongs to the SU or the USA
• After that, answer the top question

Continuity & change

Grab your notebook: when life is good, people want things to stay the same (=continuity); when life is bad, people want things to change (=change)

The New Deal

In 1932 life was still pretty bad for many Americans

The New Deal

In 1932 life was still pretty bad for many Americans

• There were new presidential elections:
  
• Herbert Hoover, the Republican president, promised that the market would sort itself out eventually
  
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Democratic candidate, promised that his government would take action

The New Deal

Roosevelts' plans were this: he made the banks follow new rules and he gave people jobs

The New Deal

Not everyone in the USA was happy with this

• Why not? Let's look at a cartoon

Global crisis

Read 'Global crisis' on pages 86-87 and answer the following question:

How does a crisis in the USA lead to a world wide crisis?

Score the goal: explain why an economic crisis in the USA led to a world crisis