(Recorded Course) History Boot Camp: The Great Depression with Phillip Campbell (American, Modern)

What better way to spend a week in the summer than learning about America’s greatest financial disaster with Mr. Campbell?! Register today for this deep dive into the Great Depression.

How to get the most out of this course:

  • First, read the course materials below before the first class meeting.

  • Then have a notebook ready and available for class notes each live session.

  • Read assignments before class meetings

  • Watch that week’s recording if you need to revisit information from our live session.

  • Do the assignments, quizzes, and any extra work assigned for that week.

  • Once the course is completed to the parent's and professor’s satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records.

Total classes: 4

Duration: 55 minutes

Prerequisite: None

Suggested grade level: 9th to 12th grade only.

High school credit: 1/3 semester if you include the supplemental reading.

Instructor: Phillip Campbell

Instructor Email: phicampiii@gmail.com

Course description: This class will help students understand one of the most pivotal events in American history, the Great Depression. We will examine the development of banking in the United States as a backdrop to the events of 1929, study the Wall Street Crash of October 29, 1929, and its consequences, and follow the unfolding of the Depression around the world and the United States' attempt to mitigate the disaster. This class will also lead students in comparing the financial markets of 1929 to those of today and speculate on whether or not another disaster of the magnitude of the Depression could happen again.

Course outline:

-A history of banking in America and a brief review of financial crashes prior to the Great Depression

-Study of the factors leading up to the Crash of 1929 and its effect on the nation

-The response of the United States government to the Great Depression

- World War II and the end of the Depression; Could another Depression happen today?

Course materials: As a supplement, Mr. Campbell recommends the book The Great Depression by Robert McElvaine. https://amzn.to/3L1Snok

Homework: Daily homework questions with answer key provided for self-grading. Final at the end of the course, graded by the computer for immediate feedback.