Wall Street Crash

Wall Street Crash
October 1929
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In deze les zitten 15 slides, met interactieve quizzen, tekstslides en 2 videos.

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Wall Street Crash
October 1929

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Have you ever heard of the
Wall Street Crash of 1929? What do you know about it?

Slide 2 - Open vraag

Todat we´ll talk about: 

  • How does the stock market work?
  • What was the Great Crash? 
  • What happened before the Great Crash?

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

How does the stock market work?

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

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Slide 5 - Video

On average, people earned $3.269 per year. That´s around $56.932 now.
What would you do with all this money?

Slide 6 - Open vraag

Why would you lend money from the banks?

Slide 7 - Open vraag

Slide 8 - Video

The Roaring 20´s
Party now, pay later!

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

The Great Crash
  • October 18th: prices start falling
  • October 24th: Black Thursday     

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Why wouldn´t the government print more money?

Slide 12 - Open vraag

Independent work
Worksheets level A and B

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

Which of these is NOT one of the causes of the stock crash?


A
New investors trading on speculation rather than value
B
New technologies made many old companies to fail
C
Falling wheat prices
D
Too much margin trading

Slide 14 - Quizvraag

Why did margin trading cause so many problems?
A
When stocks used as collateral started to lose value, brokers forced borrowers to pay back loans immediately
B
Borrowing any money for investments is always very risky
C
Only inexperienced investors were using margin, so they were doomed to fail
D
It caused too much money to enter the market too quickly

Slide 15 - Quizvraag