INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETIES DEPARTMENT

Unit 4: Great Depression: A Global Impact

Informative Presentation of the Great Depression

NAME: ______________________ GRADE: 10

Unit Title: Great Depression

Key Concept: Global Interactions
Global Context: Identities and Relationship
Statement of Inquiry: Global Interaction creates an evolution in the relationships between
countries which has far reaching consequences.
ATLs: Reflection, Organization, Media Literacy

Assessment Objective:
You are to create an informative presentation of the Causes and Consequences of the Great
Depression in the Chosen Country. This is where you will demonstrate your integrated learning of
Economics and History using the event which relates to the Great Depression. You will be assessed in
Criterion A – Knowing and Understanding and Criterion C – Communicating.

Tasks:

1. You will communicate your ideas about the Causes and Consequences of the Great Depression in a
country of choice. Below is the selection of countries based on the difficulty.
Mild – USA, Great Britain and Germany
Spicy – Italy, Japan, Canada
Hot – your choice of country

2. You have the options to work individually or to work with another student.

3. In terms of choosing the method of how you will demonstrate your learning, there are three possible
options, one format must be chosen.

Great Depression Video Great Depression Essay Great Depression

1. 5-minute video
2. Must contain the causes and
consequences of the Great
Depression in the chosen
country.
3. You may use existing photos,
images, video clips that you
want to integrate in your own
video (proper recognition of
the sources is mandatory)
4. Live action is optional
5. Animated clips/photos/arts
are used
6. Use of voice over can be
done
7. Appropriate background
music/sound
8. Appropriate use of language
9. Must consider the integration
of Economics and History
Mini-Extended Essay Comic Strip
1. Answer the following prompt: To 1. Comic strip should
what extent did the Great have at least 10
Depression affect ___________ panels that relate to
economically and socially? the topic – Causes and
2. Your essay must have three major Consequences of the
parts: Great Depression in
a. Introduction the chosen country
b. Main Body
c. Conclusion 2. The main characters
3. Word count is between 1200-1500. are clearly identified,
In-text citations must be included. and their actions and
4. Must consider the integration of dialogue are well
Economics and History when matched to each
presenting the causes and other.
consequences of the Great
Depression. 3. Speech bubbles
For examples, data/graphs/statistics contain relevant
for Economics dialogue. Language is
Specific events for History appropriate.

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 when presenting the causes 4. Appropriate colours
and consequences of the are used.
Great Depression in the
chosen country 5. Must consider the
For examples, integration of
data/graphs/statistics for Economics and History
Economics when presenting the
Specific events for History causes and
consequences of the
Great Depression. For
examples,
data/graphs/statistics
for Economics
Specific events for
History

4. Submit your work onto Managebac along with:

a. A Work’s Cited List of sources you have used for the assessment. (Criterion C.3)

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 Assessment Criteria

Criteria 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 Task Descriptions

A
Knowing The student: The student: The student: The student: The following key
and i. uses limited i. uses some i. uses a range of i. consistently words are used:
Understan relevant terminology terminology uses a wide 1. Great
ding terminology accurately and accurately and range of Depression
ii. demonstrates appropriately appropriately terminology 2. Unemployment
basic ii. demonstrates ii. demonstrates effectively Rate
knowledge and adequate substantial ii. demonstrates 3. Gross Domestic
understanding knowledge and knowledge and excellent Product (GDP)
of content and understanding of understanding of knowledge and 4. Inflation
concepts with content and content and understanding of 5. Tariffs
minimal concepts through concepts through content and 6. Relief
descriptions satisfactory accurate concepts through 7. Recovery
and/or descriptions, descriptions, thorough, 8. Reform
examples. explanations and explanations and accurate 9. Workers
examples examples descriptions, 10. Stock Market
explanations and
examples. Presentation of causes
and consequences are
based on the context of
the chosen country. It
is done with thorough
explanations and
examples.

There is an explicit link

to the concept and
statement of inquiry in
the chosen format.

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 C Communicates Communicates Communicates Communicates Structure information and
Communicating information and information and information and information and ideas based on the chosen
ideas in a ideas satisfactorily ideas accurately ideas effectively format (video, essay or
limited way, by using a by using a style and accurately by comic strip)
using a style that is that is mostly using a style that is
style that is somewhat appropriate to the completely Follow the specific details
limited in its appropriate to the audience and appropriate to for the chosen format as
appropriateness audience and purpose the audience and stated on page 1
to the audience purpose purpose
and Structures Bibliography follows the
purpose Structures information and Structures MLA style and is arranged
information and ideas in a way that information and in the correct alphabetical
Structures ideas in a way that is mostly ideas in a way that order. It is submitted as a
information and is somewhat appropriate to the is completely separate page/file.
ideas according appropriate to the specified format appropriate to the
to the specified specified format specified format Spelling, grammar and
format in a Often documents presentation are flawless.
limited way Sometimes sources of Consistently
documents sources information using a documents sources
Documents of information using recognized of information
sources of a convention. using a recognized
information in a recognized convention.
limited way. convention.

Self-Assessed Score Criterion A Criterion C

I think I will get a _____ in WWW: WWW:
Criterion A

EBI: EBI:
I think I will get a ______ in
Criterion C

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