TheGreatDepressionanditsEffect

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YouwillbecomparingandcontrastingtwosetsofdatafromtheGreatDepressionera(19201940)and
comparingandcontrastingtwosetsofdatafromthecurrentera(20002012).Youhavetheopportunitytoworkwitha
partner,however,eachpersonwillhavetheirownGoogledocument.
Foreachera,youwillgraphthetwosetsofdata.Iftheyvaluesarecloseinproximity,youwillcreateone
graph.Iftheyvaluesarefarapart,youwillcreatetwoseparategraphs.ThegraphswillbeinsertedinaGoogle
document.Oncetheappropriategraphsareinserted,youwillwriteathreeorfoursentencesexplainingthegraphand
whathappenedtocausethesechanges.Forexample,whenunemploymentwasincreasing,whatwashappeningin.....
Theseneedtobecompletesentences.Youwillthenrepeatthisprocessforthecurrenteradata.Youwillplacethe
graphsandstatementsaboutthegraphsinthesamedocument.
GreatDepressionEra
CurrentEra
19201940
20002012
LifeExpectancyforMenorWomen

Unemployment

Suiciderates

Bankclosures

Inflationrates

Inflationrates

*Bankclosures(listedbelow)

Marriage

*Businessfailures(listedbelow)

Divorce

*Workersyearlywages(listedbelow)

Minimumwage(US)

*Averagestockprices(listedbelow)

Povertyrate

*GNP(listedbelow)

Federalbudget

*Unemployment(listedbelow)

Costofamovieticket,ounceofgold

Birthrates(scrolldownonpage)

Costofamovieticketorounceofgold

*Wheredatawasfound:

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YEAR

%ofWorkforce

YEAR

GNP(inBillionsof$)

YEAR

AvgStockPrice

1920

4.0

1920

$89

1920

$7.60

1921

11.8

1921

$74

1921

$6.80

1922

7.5

1922

$74

1922

$8.20

1923

3.2

1923

$86

1923

$8.50

1924

5.5

1924

$87

1924

$8.90

1925

4.0

1925

$91

1925

$10.70

1926

1.9

1926

$97

1926

$12.00

1927

4.1

1927

$96

1927

$14.40

1928

4.4

1928

$99

1928

$18.30

1929

3.1

1929

$104

1929

$24.00

1930

8.8

1930

$91

1930

$23.00

1931

15.9

1931

$76

1931

$15.40

1932

23.5

1932

$58

1932

$7.30

Failuresforevery10,000businesses

Workersyearlywages

YEAR

BusinessFailures

YEAR

BankClosures

YEAR

Farm

Factory

1920

49

1920

168

1920

1790

1490

1921

105

1921

505

1921

1190

1320

1922

118

1922

367

1922

1127

1260

1923

90

1923

646

1923

1251

1400

1924

100

1924

775

1924

1248

1420

1925

100

1925

618

1925

1267

1445

1926

103

1926

976

1926

1330

1476

1927

108

1927

669

1927

1302

1502

1928

110

1928

499

1928

1290

1534

1929

106

1929

659

1929

1300

1543

1930

121

1930

1352

1930

1177

1488

1931

133

1931

2294

1931

914

1369

1932

155

1932

1456

1932

669

1150

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Checklisttoseethatyouhavecompletedeverything:

TheGreatDepressionanditsEffectChecklist

GraphofonedatasetfromTheGreatDepressionera
graphincludes,title,xaxislabeled,yaxislabeled,tables,everythingisvisibletosee,citedata

GraphofanotherdatasetfromTheGreatDepressionera
graphincludes,title,xaxislabeled,yaxislabeled,tables,everythingisvisibletosee,citedata

Googledocumentwithbothgraphsonit

Documenthas34statementsabouttheGreatDepressioneragraphsincompletesentences

GraphofonedatasetfromCurrentera
graphincludes,title,xaxislabeled,yaxislabeled,tables,everythingisvisibletosee,citedatasource

GraphofanotherdatasetfromCurrentera
graphincludes,title,xaxislabeled,yaxislabeled,tables,everythingisvisibletosee,citedatasource

CurrenteragraphsaddedtosameGoogledocumentasGreatDepressioneragraphs

Documenthas34statementsaboutthecurrenteragraphsincompletesentences

PleaseonlymakeoneGoogledocumentwiththisformatforthetitle:
LastName,FirstNameGreatDepressionEffects
FileneedstobeinAlgebra&Historyfolders(askifyourenotsurehowtodothis)

IfyouprefertomakeitonaGooglepresentationyoucan.
Ifyouareunsureofanypartofthisproject,pleaseask.