Daily Lesson Plan

Date: 3/7/16
Overall lesson topic/title and purpose: The students will learn about the causes of Black Tuesday,
Oct. 29th, 1929.
Rationale: Black Tuesday was one of the causes and the widely accepted trigger for the Great
Depression.

Goals/Objectives for todays lesson: To help students understand how a depression can occur both
then and in the future.
Materials & supplies needed: Outline for guided notes , and videos.

Procedures and approximate time allocated for each event

Academic, Social and Linguistic

Support during each event

Introduction to the lesson: Start class with a short, 3 min 31 sec

Some concepts here are difficult

for even the most accomplished
8th grader.

video on the stock market crash. Ask questions that will lead the rest
of the class: How did high inventories lead to overinflated stock
prices? How did margin trading add to the severity of the crash? 10
min

OUTLINE of key events during the lesson: Begin by

explaining how the increasing inventories of the mid-late 20s
signaled an end to the boom times in the economy. Despite this
signal the stock market continued to climb as record numbers of
investors entered the market in search of wealth. When the market
finally began to believe the downturn the decline in stock prices was
worsened because of margin trading provide example of margin
trading and its effects. 20 min

This is likely the first time many

if not all have heard of some of
these terms and ideas.
The lesson will likely need
considerable review before any
quiz or test.

Closing summary for the lesson: Can such a crash happen

today? Yes and No. Better/faster information. Tighter rules on
margin trading. 5-10 min

Transition to next learning activity

Academic, Social, and Linguistic

Support during assessment

Assessment: Collect guided notes to ensure that students have at

Clear, succinct, display of major

terms AND their definitions on
the board to help students
understand what are going to be
difficult concepts.

least noted the major concepts so they will be prepared for review
later. Review can be in a more group discussion environment than
original instruction.