CERCA Slides: Economic Disasters

CERCA Slides by Grade

grade3

Grade 3: Fluctuations and Functions of the Stock Market

How does the stock market work?(CCSS.RI.3.1–3.9, CCSS.W.3.2)

grade4

Grade 4: The Stock Market Crash of 1929

How did the stock market crash of 1929 lead to the Great Depression?(CCSS.RI.4.1-4.8, CCSS.W.4.2)

grade5

Grade 5: The Florida Land Boom

Why did the Florida Land Boom bubble burst? (CCSS.RI.5.1-5.8, CCSS.W.5.2)

grade6

Grade 6: Inflation in the Roman Empire

Why did Emperor Diocletian fail to save the Roman economy from inflation? (CCSS.RI.6.1-8.7, CCSS.W.6.2)

grade7

Grade 7: Tulipmania

Why do some historians and economists think that tulip investments in the Netherlands during the 1630s were irrational? (CCSS.RI.7.2-8.6, CCSS.W.7.2)

grade8

Grade 8: The Panic of 1837

How did President Andrew Jackson’s opposition to a federal bank and the use of paper currency lead to the Panic of 1837? (CCSS.RI.8.1–8, CCSS.W.8.2)

grade9

Grade 9: The Great Depression

How did the United States recover from the Great Depression? (CCSS.RI.9-10.7, CCSS.W.9.2)

grade10

Grade 10: The Republic of Peru's Guano Bonanza

Why might Peru's Guano Era serve as a warning about commodity bonanzas? (CCSS.RI.9–10.7, CCSS.W.10.2)

grade11-12

Grade 11–12: The Great Recession

To what extent were banks and financial institutions responsible for the Great Recession? (CCSS.RI.11–12.7, CCSS.W.11–12.2)