Economy+and+Business+of+the+1930's+-+1990's

The American Economy**
 * 20th Century American Studies

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 * Technology Required and Suggested**

Imagine that you are a publishing company that is summarizing the economic events during the 20th Century. It is your job create a webpage that captures the essence of the topic your team will be working on. When composing a webpage, you should keep these things in mind:
 * Part I**

1. Capture the attention with a short title that conveys the main idea of the story. 2. Use subtitles that bring out some supporting details and/or highlights of the story. 3. Be sure to answer: Who? What? Where? When? Why? Explain how your topic ties in to the greater idea of economy and business in the United States. 4. Each group should have at least one article per person. Create different angles on your topic that would all members of your group to come up with thoughtful analyses. Remember, you’re only summarizing the essential information for your topics. 5. Lay out the paper so it is captivating and appropriate at the same time. 6. Include atleast 2 pictures per topic.

You must work together as a class to make sure that all of these financial headlines are covered.

1. The Effects of the Great Depression in the 1930’s(Page 513) 2. The New Deal (Page 536) 3. Preparing the Economy for WWII (Page 595) 4. The Postwar Economy (Page 668) 5. The Economy of the 1960’s – Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon(Pages scattered) 6. The Economy of the 1970’s (Page 848, 852) 7. Reaganomics (Page 870, 874, 878) 8. Economic Reforms of the 1990’s and 2000’s (Page 895, 908)

Make sure you work as a team to produce your series of headlines.

Grammar and Punctuation (Spelling too!) – 5 points Content – 15 points Ability to create catchy headlines and creativity – 5 points 25 points total/person

To make the newspaper more exciting and interactive, each individual will also create a short (10 - 15 second) clip that highlights the main point from your article. Remember, each person in the group is analyzing one specific aspect of much large topic. For example, if I covered the Laissez-Faire policy from the 1920s economy, I would simply define the word and explain how it impacted the economy. It doesn't have to be a grand production, just a quick clip covering the main point of the article. You must then upload the video to your wiki.
 * Part II**

Content - 15 point Video Production - 5 points 20 points total/person