The Roaring 1920's
The Roaring Twenties - Cinemas, automobiles, radios and airplanes! Bootleggers, booze, flappers and jazz! The twenties seemed to usher in a new modern age. After the ordeal of the First World War, people were eager to enjoy life in the 1920s and a number of new inventions added to the excitement. This period has been called the Roaring Twenties, but not everyone was roaring. Prairie farmers suffered from a collapse in the wheat market. Many moved to the city in the hope of finding jobs, but soldiers returning from the Great War created a surplus of workers. Those remaining on their farms supported an emerging third party for farmers, the National Progressives. Maritimers were rapidly falling behind central Canada economically and they started a new group, the Maritime Rights Movement, to promote their interests.
Fifteen percent unemployment left many Canadians out of work in the early twenties. By the mid-twenties, though, things were looking up. Foreign demand for Canadian raw materials increased after 1926. There was a better market for the traditional resources, like wheat and timber, and increasing demand, especially from the United States, for new resources like pulp and paper and base metals. Women, though they were finally allowed to vote, were still struggling to earn decent wages, or get decent jobs. In 1929 women were at least granted the right to be considered "persons" which allowed them to qualify for appointment to the Senate.
In the twenties Canada began to see itself as independent from Britain. Starting with Borden at the Imperial Conference of 1923, Canada's prime ministers demanded more autonomy. We began to make our own decisions about following Britain into war and insisted on signing our own treaties and having separate representation on the League of Nations.
Fifteen percent unemployment left many Canadians out of work in the early twenties. By the mid-twenties, though, things were looking up. Foreign demand for Canadian raw materials increased after 1926. There was a better market for the traditional resources, like wheat and timber, and increasing demand, especially from the United States, for new resources like pulp and paper and base metals. Women, though they were finally allowed to vote, were still struggling to earn decent wages, or get decent jobs. In 1929 women were at least granted the right to be considered "persons" which allowed them to qualify for appointment to the Senate.
In the twenties Canada began to see itself as independent from Britain. Starting with Borden at the Imperial Conference of 1923, Canada's prime ministers demanded more autonomy. We began to make our own decisions about following Britain into war and insisted on signing our own treaties and having separate representation on the League of Nations.
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1920s -30's Photo Story
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Rationale
Students will gain an understanding of important people and events of the 1920s and 1930s in Canada. Creating a Photostory presentation allows students to better analyze and understand people and issues of the time period while expanding both presentation and technological skills.
Task
Students will create a Photostory Presentation examining an individual or event from the 20s or 30s. The presentation should be a minimum of 15 slides and include the following:
1. Pictures of your topic - be sure they are of good quality and relevant
2. Relevant information about your topic - Consider the 5Ws and H
3. Relevant dates
4. Appropriate music (it doesn't need to be from the time period but it should be appropriate to the topic you have chosen)
5. The historical importance to Canada
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TOPIC LIST
Textbook: Spotlight Canada
Students will gain an understanding of important people and events of the 1920s and 1930s in Canada. Creating a Photostory presentation allows students to better analyze and understand people and issues of the time period while expanding both presentation and technological skills.
Task
Students will create a Photostory Presentation examining an individual or event from the 20s or 30s. The presentation should be a minimum of 15 slides and include the following:
1. Pictures of your topic - be sure they are of good quality and relevant
2. Relevant information about your topic - Consider the 5Ws and H
3. Relevant dates
4. Appropriate music (it doesn't need to be from the time period but it should be appropriate to the topic you have chosen)
5. The historical importance to Canada
Photostory Link
TOPIC LIST
Textbook: Spotlight Canada
Topic List
Post War
Prohibition & Bootlegging Spanish Flu Insulin (Banting) Winnipeg General Strike Veterans and Social Support Indian Act & League of Indians Chinese Exclusion Act Branch Plants Statute Westminster |
1920s
Foster Hewitt & Hockey Night in Canada Mackenzie King Radio & Ted Rogers Automobiles Joseph Bombardier Jazz Age & Charleston Persons Case Entertainment Fashion Emily Murphy Canadian Sports Women in Sports Aviation Group of Seven Slang |
1930s
Black Tuesday R.B. Bennett Business Cycle Causes of Great Depression Relief and Relief Camps Daily Life: Bennett Buggy, Soup Kitchens, Pogey Dust Bowl On to Ottawa Trek CBC New Deal New Political Parties Immigration |
Causes of the Great Depression:
1. The Stock Market Crash - “Black Tuesday” – sell stocks as prices were dropping rapidly - October 29th, 1929 - Crazed over prices going up – bought without consideration – prices inflated and did not reflect value of a company - Rising unemployment – closure of companies – high bankruptcy rates 2. Too much Buying on Credit - buying stocks on margin – stock market crashes - houses, farm equipment, mills, cars, food, railways, new inventions - buy now pay later - repossessions were frequent - layoffs, wage cuts, high unemployment |
3. Canada’s dependence on a few resources
- depended on wheat, lumber, pulp and paper, fish, minerals – natural resources - employing people only in resource extraction - shortages - products prices drop – international competition 4. Over-production/over-expansion - took on too many debts – not making any money from selling products - connected to new inventions and making too many of them, while people weren’t buying. |
The Dirty Thirties
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Review Activity 1919 - 1939:
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The Rise of Dictators
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