Students work in small groups, each group analyzing an article from a different day in October 1929. Each student then takes the perspective of a person involved in the stock market on that day in 1929 and writes a journal entry as this person, incorporating the group's responses to the newspaper article. Review the Academic Content Standards related to this lesson. Review basic functions of the stock market. Take the perspective of a person involved in the stock market on the day of the publication of the article read in small groups and write a journal entry as this person on this day, incorporating the group's responses to the newspaper article.
Students then share their responses.
Correct any misinformation that students may have about these basics of the stock market. Paragraph 10 details the order of events in March 1929 that caused a great decline in the stock market. Students should imagine that they are seeing through the eyes of this person on the day that their group's New York Times article from 1929 was written. Each student should then write a journal entry from the perspective of this person on this day, incorporating the group's responses to the newspaper article read in their group. Support your views.