Lesson 4: Discuss the situation of the United States after WWI.

Aim: 1) let students know the situation of the United States after WWI
2) Understand what was the Great Depression of 1929-1933.
3) What were the effect of the Great Depression to the United States?
4) Discuss the effects of the weakening the western democratic states.

3 mins Revise the last lesson cotent Long established democratic Writes the key
and continue to discuss why tradition. point in the
Britain and France did not (we did not memtion this point blackboard.
turn into totalitarian states? last time.)
15 The United States was Britain and France entered the Writes the key
mins strengthened by the WWI. war and were weakened by the point in the
war. blackboard.

On the other hand, the Untied

States was strengthened by the
war? Why & how?

The United states became the Explain

biggest producer and creditor.

Her stock market boomed.

15 The Great Depression of 1929- Do you remember what was Writes the key
mins 1933. the Great Depression. point in the
blackboard.
a) The weaknesses of the Over-crediting and over-
United States economy. speculation. Elaborate the
points
b) briefly introdue how did The Crash on the Wall Street
theGreat Depression begin? Stock Market.

c) the effect of the Great Led to the serious

Depression to the United unemployment.
States. The United States became
 weak and busy with dealing
the problems brought by the
Great Depression.

The effect of the weakening They need to deal with the

western democratic problems at home first.
governments. They could not stop the
aggression of the totalitarian
states