M04 Historical Hack: Making Cause and Effect Connections

Optional Enrichment Activity - Complete this optional activity to learn about the, often at times, complicated connections between causes and effects. During this activity you will learn about 10 different causes of the Great Depression and learn to associate those with the effects as well.

Suggested Activities:

• There is an elaborate example included on this page Links to an external site. that explains all of the potential causes that might cause car trouble. Review the example and consider potential causes that you can add to this listing. You can also make a list of examples of the prior vulnerabilities, trigger events, and extending aftershocks of such an event. 
• In the blue box activity at the end of this page Links to an external site., look at the prior vulnerabilities, trigger events, and extending aftershocks of the Great Depression. List possible variations to these answers and consider other potential causes that are not listed.
• On the next page Links to an external site. you are asked to differentiate between effects and results (effects being more immediate and results being more long-term), and practice determining the outcomes of the Great Depression. While the page provides “answers”, these answers are not absolute. What answers can you add to this list?