250 to 250: 70. Great Crash of 1929, Narrated by Paul Krugman

 

 

Heather Cox Richardson and 250 to 250: Great Crash of 1929, Narrated by Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman is a Nobel Prize–winning economist recognized worldwide for his groundbreaking work on international trade and his influential voice on the economic issues of our time. Krugman recounts the 1929 stock market crash that plunged America into the Great Depression and ushered in Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.

In the 1920s, many people bought stocks.

• Stock prices went up very fast.
• Many people believed prices would keep rising.

In October 1929, the stock market crashed.

• Many people lost a lot of money.
• Banks and businesses closed.
• Many workers lost their jobs.
• Farmers and families had hard times.
• This time is called the Great Depression.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt promised a plan called the New Deal.

• The New Deal created jobs, built roads and bridges, and helped families.
• The New Deal also increased government rules for banks and businesses.

POP Interview and Civics Quiz:

• N-400 Part 7:01. If you were unemployed, on what dates were you unemployed?
• USCIS 100:80. / 128:105. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
• USCIS 128:103. What was the Great Depression?
• USCIS 128:104. When did the Great Depression start?

Family Fun:

• FDIC: Money Smart Basics for Kids
• LOC: New Deal Programs: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? lesson plans
• PBS American Experience: The Crash of 1929 (stream or borrow from your library)
• National Archives: Teaching the Great Depression & New Deal
• NPS: FDR's Home Junior Ranger Booklet
• NPS: FDR Memorial, Washington DC
• USPS: The 20th Century: New Deal Art: Eager and Alive
• uscitizenpod: Common Determination coloring page
• We Speak NYC: Love and Money (beginning level telenovela about banks in America)