History: Great Depression and Fragile Democracies – Totalitarian Regimes

Resources for the Great Depression and the New Deal

T°HG DNL Lesson One

Go to this site and scroll down for the video entitled STOCK MARKET CRASH 1929

https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/1929-stock-market-crash

The 1929 Stock Market Crash (9m):

 

The Great Depression Explained in 2 minutes:

 

The Dust Bowl and the Depression (3m41):

 

Hoovervilles:

 

The New Deal Explained:

Powerpoint on Dorothea Lange and her work during the Great Depression:

Dorothea Lange Photos

Friday 6th October cover lesson:

Grt Depression Exercises for homework

Criticisms of the New Deala

 

Rise of Totalitarian Regimes

Video used for class exercise:

 

A higher level English language vidio about totalitarian regimes and how they arose during the period of the Great Depression :

Fascism in the UK during the 1930s:

Link to an article about Harold Mosley:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/oswald-mosley

Mosley Overview

1930s fascism in the UK Mosley

Film footage from 1936 about The Battle of Cable Street when thousands of East Londoners stood in the way of a fascist march:

 

MOSLEY COMPREHENSION

History Theme: Great Britain in WW2

PPT on the Road to WW2:

 

Road-to-WW2 Euro

 

 

Hitler, Chamberlain, The Munich Agreement, 1938:

Chamberlain returns from Germany:

 

chamberlain resource pack

 

September 3rd 1939;

King George VI delivered this speech on radio on September 3rd, 1939 addressing Britain’s involvement in World War II. His Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue was in the room during this radio broadcast that offered a great solace to the British people during a terrifying time.

(Click on Regarder sur You Tube to activate the link):

Evacuation of Children in 1939:

CLASS EXERCISE / HOMEWORK ABOUT EVACUATION

DNL HG BAC STYLE QUESTION Evacuation

Dunkirk Evacuation: 26th May – 4th June 1940

More details here: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/dover-castle/history-and-stories/operation-dynamo-things-you-need-to-know/

Careless talk costs lives:

propaganda posters careless talk ww2

 

The Battle of Britain: late summer 1940:

More details here: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-britain

 

British responses to Rocket Attacks:

ARP and the Blitz: analysis of an aerial photograph

 

Saturday 7th September, 1940: the Blitz begins:

Colour footage of the Blitz:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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