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Contributors Task Card
__**Goal**__: Contribute to the group discussion with some research on how the Great Depression became a global depression/economic slump for the world. Examine how it affected America and what Hoover tried to lessen the effects of the depression.

__**Concentration**__: Start with these sites first, then find other sites that were worthwhile in helping you find out the impact of the Great Depression and other countries during the depression.

-Use the site list below to start your investigation into the Great Depression around world. (Your group will mostly like have to use other search engines in order to gather information on some of the countries for this task.) -After your research, decide, as a group, which countries you would be interested exploring and sharing with the class in a large group discussion. Do research on America and one other country effected by the depression and explore what they did to try to lessen the effects of the depression? (You may not do Austria) -Once your countries are researched you will compare the US to the other country, how this became a global depression, and then develop of plan for getting the US out of the depression. - Next, consider the following scenario and create a plan using the information you discovered in your research:
 * __Tasks__**:

===//** You are the president of the United States, formulate a plan to prevent a deepening of the depression after the Stock Market Crash. Create a Word document outlining and **////** explaining each part of your plan **//===

-Lastly, put your plan into a word document and email or post as directed by your teacher. Upload/email your plan with the name Contributor and your last name. Make sure all groups members names appear on this document

Sites for Contributors

[] what could have been done to prevent this [|http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9037849/Great-Depression?&query=world%20depression__] World Depression links, discusses situation in many countries and how it affected them. [|http://history-world.org/great_depression.htm__] discusses causation of the world depression [|http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1569.html__] Hoover policies to rid depression