ACTIVITY: Contextualization – The Great Depression

In this final contextualization activity, you will use you contextualization skills to understand the historical context that led to a global economic depression. By investigating the context for the Great Depression, you will deepen your understanding of how both capitalism and globalization played a role in it. In addition, you’ll begin to see how interconnected our world was in the early twentieth century and how this interconnection could be both positive and negative. You will also analyze how these events still impact the world today and the lessons that can be learned from studying the origins and context of this historical event.