"Dirty Thirties" ~ Intro

New year, new unit. We are beginning our study of the 1930's, beginning with the stock market crash of 1929, and ending with the outbreak of WWII. Chapter 4 in your counterpoints textbook will be your main reference source.

The 1930's are an important area of study because they help us to understand more clearly how dictatorships often arise out of unstable, and poverty-stricken nations. From a Canadian perspective, the Great Depression was a crisis that led to the establishment of a social services framework.

Our first assignment included a Chapter 4 textbook preview assignment. This will be marked in class.