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Directorate: Curriculum FET SUBJECT and HISTORY GRADE 11 GRADE TERM 1: Week 5: This week will focus on the meaning of the American Dream. The topic is divided into 4 sections as indicated below. You may have to...

Directorate: Curriculum FET SUBJECT and HISTORY GRADE 11 GRADE TERM 1: Week 5: This week will focus on the meaning of the American Dream. The topic is divided into 4 sections as indicated below. You may have to spend a minimum of 1 hour per section on this unit. TOPIC 2 Capitalism in USA 1900-1940 AIMS OF LESSONS Section 1: American dream if individual possibilities. Section 2: The Capitalist boom of the 1920s in America. Section 3: The Wall Street Crash, 1929 in America. Section 4: The social and economic impact of the crash. RESOURCES Paper-based resources Digital resources Learners must consult the Refer to the relevant digital accompanying PPT slides1- resources: Watch the following 3: and their textbook video clips to get a better (Topic 2) understanding of the period: The Great Depression https://qrgo.page.link/Ncm72 KEY CONCEPTS Capitalism - Capitalism is an economic system in SKILLS AND DEFINITIONS which private individuals or businesses own capital By the end of this goods. The production of goods and services is lesson you will Explain and define based on supply and demand in the general practice various core concepts. market—known as a market economy. skills that Great depression - the economic crisis beginning with historians find the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing useful: through the 1930s. Extraction, Free market– (synonym for capitalism) economic Interpretation, system based on buying and selling goods without Define, government interference. Selection, Listing Refer to the PPT slides 1-3. Let us summarise the Core content you must understand: What is Capitalism? INFORMAL KEY QUESTION: How did the events of the 1920s challenge Capitalism in ASSESSMENT the USA? Source 1A: The extract below explains the concept of the ‘The American Dream’. Page 1 of 9 The Tutor: The American Dream is the idea that the government should protect Read the source each person's opportunity to pursue their idea of happiness. with understanding. The government protects the rights of every American citizen to find their path to economic prosperity. Unlike many other countries, your destiny is According to the not legally determined at birth by caste, religion, or gender. There is still source: use the discrimination, but the law protects the right to pursue a better life. information from In his book, "Epic of America," historian James Truslow Adams first linked the source. the phrase "American Dream" with our modern understanding of the term. He said: "The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life What do you think: should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for you CAN use each according to ability or achievement." information besides Throughout U.S. history, the definition of "happiness" has changed. In the the source (own Roaring 20s, the Founders' dream of protecting opportunities receded in knowledge)? favor of acquiring material things. In the novel "The Great Gatsby," Answer concepts author F. Scott Fitzgerald both defined the aspirations of the age and within the context warned of its consequences. He wrote “Happiness based upon greed of the topic you are was not attainable because someone else always had more, he pointed focusing on. out”. The stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression proved him right. [https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-the-american-dream-quotes- and-history-3306009 Accessed: 20 February 2021] 1.1.1 What, according to the source, is the role of the American government? (1x2) (2) 1.1.2 List three aspects that do not negatively impact your ability to achieve your dreams (goals) in America. (3x1) (3) 1.1.3 Explain why many people found the “American Dream” appealing? (2x2) (4) 1.1.4 What, do you think, Fitzgerald meant when he wrote: “Happiness based upon greed was not attainable because someone else always had more”? (1x3) (3) CONSOLIDATION The American Dream is the idea that the government should protect each person's opportunity to pursue their idea of happiness. VALUES Human dignity; prosperity; resilience; compassion; tolerance Page 2 of 9  Directorate: Curriculum FET SUBJECT and HISTORY GRADE 11 GRADE TERM 1: Week 5: The Capitalist boom of the 1920s in America. You may have to spend a minimum of 1 hour per section on this unit. TOPIC 2 Capitalism in USA 1900-1940 AIMS OF Week 5: Section 2: What was the Capitalist boom in the 1920s in America? LESSONS RESOURCES Paper-based resources Digital resources Learners must consult the Refer to the relevant digital resources: accompanying PPT slides 5-8; Watch the following video clips to get a and their textbook better understanding of the period: (Topic 2) KEY CONCEPTS Consumer goods: Goods such as food, SKILLS: By the end of this AND DEFINITIONS clothing, furniture, electrical devices. lesson you will practice Explain and Assembly line: A system used in a factory, a various skills that historians define core sequence of workers and machines that find useful: Extraction, concepts. assemble a product in successive stages. Interpretation, Define, Credit: An arrangement which allows people Selection, Listing to buy goods and pay later. Refer to the PPT slides 5-8. Let us summarise the Core content you must understand: What was the Capitalist boom in the 1920s in America? INFORMAL KEY QUESTION: How did the events of the 1920s challenge Capitalism in the ASSESSMENT USA? SOURCE 1B: The extract below explains the economic boom of the 1920s. The Tutor: The period from 1920-29 is often called the ‘Roaring Twenties’ because it Read the source was a time of noise, lively action and economic prosperity. The Republican with governments of Presidents Harding, Coolidge and Hoover, tried to help understanding. American businesses by increasing taxes on foreign goods coming into the USA. These import taxes were called ‘Tariffs’ and made goods that were According to the made outside of the USA more expensive to buy. This in turn encouraged source: use the Americans to buy goods made in the USA. This led to a Boom or an information from increase in the amount of goods being made and sold by American the source. businesses. Page 3 of 9 What do you The greatest business boom took place in the motor car industry. Henry Ford think: you CAN set out to build a car that everyone could afford to buy. Ford started mass- use information producing his first car, the Model T Ford in 1909. The big attraction of the besides the Model T Ford was its price, it never increased and instead it kept on source (own dropping. Costing $1200 in 1909, the price in 1928 was only $295. By the end knowledge) of the 1920s Ford was producing more than one car per minute. Henry Ford was able to sell cars more cheaply because they were mass-produced. Answer concepts within The car industry helped to make America richer in the 1920s. Car the context of production used up 20% of America’s steel, 80% of her rubber, 75% of her the topic you are plate glass, and 65% of her leather. The more cars that were made, the focusing on. more jobs that there were created in these industries. By the end of the 1920s American cars used seven billion gallons of petrol a year. This helped to create jobs in the oil industry and made the oil state of Texas rich. New roads had to be built for the increased numbers of cars. This meant more jobs for the construction and building industries. And along these new roads sprang up thousands of garages, ‘gas stations’, restaurants, ‘diners’ and ‘motels’ – all creating even more jobs. People with jobs could afford to spend part of their wages on luxury goods such as a new car or a vacuum cleaner! [https://schoolshistory.org.uk/topics/world-history/america-c1920- 1941/economic-boom-in-the-1920s-causes/ Accessed: 20 February 2021] 1.2.1. Why, according to the source, was 1920s called the ‘Roaring Twenties’? (1x2) (2) 1.2.2. Comment on how the tariff system boosted America’s domestic economy. (2x2) (4) 1.2.3. What, in your opinion, made the Model T Ford the most popular car in America in the 1920s? (2x2) (4) 1.2.4. Explain how the car industry contributed to Americas economic boom in1920s. (2x2) (4) CONSOLIDATION The capitalist boom will lead to over purchasing of shares and lead to the Wall Street Crash. VALUES How the American government responded to the impact of the collapse of the Stock Exchange. Page 4 of 9  Directorate: Curriculum FET SUBJECT and HISTORY GRADE 11 GRADE TERM 1: Week 5: This week will focus on the Wall Street Crash, 1929 in America. You may have to spend a minimum of 1 hour per section on this unit. TOPIC 2 Capitalism in USA 1900-1940 AIMS OF Week 5: Section 3: What was the Wall Street Crash in 1929 in America? LESSONS RESOURCES Paper-based resources Digital resources Learners must consult the Refer to the relevant digital resources: accompanying PPT slide 9-14 Watch the following video clips to get a and their textbook (Topic 2) better understanding of the period: KEY CONCEPTS Breadlines: Queues for food or tickets for rations SKILLS: By the end of AND from the government or charity. this lesson you will DEFINITIONS Retrenched: Dismissed from their jobs when the practice various skills Explain and company reduced its costs. that historians find define core Evicted: Forced out of their homes, for example if useful: Extraction, concepts. the tenants cannot pay the rent. Interpretation, Mortgage bond: A loan from a bank to enable one Define, Selection, to buy a home. Listing Refer to the PPT slide 9-14. Let us summarise the Core content you must understand: What caused the New York stock exchange to crash? INFORMAL KEY QUESTION: How did the events of the 1920s challenge Capitalism in the ASSESSMENT USA? Source 1C This source below analyses the buying and selling of shares on the New York The Tutor: stock exchange in the United States of America in the 1920s, which led to the collapse of the American economy. Read the source A company can sell shares in the ownership of their business on the stock with exchange in order to raise money. The company then uses the money from understanding. these shares to expand its businesses or to buy more factories in order to make higher profit. When the company is doing well, more people will buy According to shares in that company so that they can earn dividends (type of profits). As the source: use more people buy shares in a company, the company increases in the the information value, there is a greater demand for shares in the company and the price from the source. of the shares increases. In the 1920s, the price of shares on the stock market increased rapidly. People believed that buying and selling shares and speculation (buying and selling of shares) on the stock market was an easy way to make money fast. Speculation is a form of gambling. Speculators buy shares they do not intend to keep them for long. They buy shares which they believe will make a quick profit and sell them as the price rises. Page 5 of 9 What do you In the 1920s, speculative shares were widespread. Speculators often borrow think: you CAN money to buy shares or bought shares on the margin. This meant that they use information bought shares with money they did not have. It also meant that the value of besides the the share was based on people’s willingness to buy that share rather than source (own on the real value of the company. By 1928, shares prices had risen far knowledge) above their real value and this rise was not supported by real industrial expansion. Financial experts warned that this false prosperity (richness) Answer would not last but most speculators and the public ignored them. People’s concepts within confidence in their ability to make money on the stock market lasted well the context of into 1929 and public could be criticised for this. However, in September, the topic you shares prices began to drop and panic set in. People were hesitant or are focusing on. unwilling to invest in suspicious companies. In many ways, the investors caused the collapse of the stock market. Confidence is vital for successful speculation. However, some investors began to lose confidence in the market promised. They believed that something must be wrong, so they decided to sell their shares while the price was still high. This caused share prices to drop. When people saw this, they began to sell their shares too and prices dropped even further. On 29 October 1929, shareholders dumped 13 million shares and this was the trigger (start) that led to the collapse of the American economy. [From The USA in the Twentieth Century by P Lane] 1.3.1. Why do you think financial experts warned speculators and the public about share prices? (2x2) (4) 1.3.2. Why, according to the source, were people unwilling to invest in suspicious companies in September? (2x1) (2) 1.3.3. What, according to the source, triggered (started) the collapse of the American economy on 29 October 1929? (1x2) (2) 1.3.4. Comment on why you think this source would be useful to a historian researching about the buying and selling of shares in the United States of America in the 1920s. (2x2) (4) CONSOLIDATION To identify the chain reaction of events that affected not only America’s economy, but had a ripple effect throughout the world. VALUES Human dignity; prosperity; resilience; compassion; tolerance Page 6 of 9  Directorate: Curriculum FET SUBJECT and GRADE HISTORY GRADE 11 TERM 1: Week 5: This week will focus on the social and economic impact of the Wall Street Crash. You may have to spend a minimum of 1 hour per section on this unit. TOPIC 2 Capitalism in USA 1900-1940 AIMS OF LESSONS Week 5: Section 4: What was the social and economic impact of the Wall Street Crash? RESOURCES Paper-based resources Digital resources Learners must consult Refer to the relevant digital resources: Watch the accompanying PPT the following video clips to get a better slides 9-14; and their understanding of the period: textbook (Topic 2) KEY CONCEPTS AND Social Security: Money or other assistance SKILLS: By the end DEFINITIONS provided by the government. of this lesson you Explain and define Unemployment insurance: Money paid to those will practice core concepts. who have lost their jobs. various skills that Tenant farmers: Those who did not own land but historians find paid landowners to use it. useful: Extraction, Dust Bowl: A vast area of central USA which Interpretation, became a desert during the 1930’s. Define, Selection, Listing Refer to the PPT slides 9- 14. Let us summarise the Core content you must understand: What was the economic and social impact of the crash? INFORMAL KEY QUESTION: How did the events of the 1920s challenge Capitalism in ASSESSMENT the USA? SOURCE 1D The cartoon below portrays President Hoover’s reaction to the Great The Tutor: Depression of 1929. Page 7 of 9 Read the source with understanding. According to the source: use the information from the source. What do you think: you CAN use information besides the source (own knowledge) Answer concepts within the context of the topic you are 1.4.1. In your own words, explain what you understand the focusing on. phrase “Trust me, prosperity is just around the corner to mean”. (1x2) (2) 1.4.2 Explain the message that the cartoon conveys about Hoover’s attitude towards the Great Depression? (1x2) (2) 1.4.3. What, in your view, does the figure shown as: “I’m ruined” represent? (1x2) (2) Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write a paragraph of about EIGHT lines (about 80 words) explaining how the events of the 1920s challenged Capitalism in the USA. (8) CONSOLIDATION To have a look at the social and economic impact of the Wall Street Crash. VALUES Human dignity; prosperity; resilience; compassion; tolerance Page 8 of 9 POWERPOINT Page 9 of 9