Resources for the Great Depression and the New Deal
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:
Friday 6th October cover lesson:
Grt Depression Exercises for homework
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
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:
Hitler, Chamberlain, The Munich Agreement, 1938:
Chamberlain returns from Germany:
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:
______________________________________________