CERCA Slides by Grade
Grade 3: Fluctuations and Functions of the Stock Market
How does the stock market work?(CCSS.RI.3.1–3.9, CCSS.W.3.2)
Grade 4: The Stock Market Crash of 1929
How did the stock market crash of 1929 lead to the Great Depression?(CCSS.RI.4.1-4.8, CCSS.W.4.2)
Grade 5: The Florida Land Boom
Why did the Florida Land Boom bubble burst? (CCSS.RI.5.1-5.8, CCSS.W.5.2)
Grade 6: Inflation in the Roman Empire
Why did Emperor Diocletian fail to save the Roman economy from inflation? (CCSS.RI.6.1-8.7, CCSS.W.6.2)
Grade 7: Tulipmania
Why do some historians and economists think that tulip investments in the Netherlands during the 1630s were irrational? (CCSS.RI.7.2-8.6, CCSS.W.7.2)
Grade 8: The Panic of 1837
How did President Andrew Jackson’s opposition to a federal bank and the use of paper currency lead to the Panic of 1837? (CCSS.RI.8.1–8, CCSS.W.8.2)
Grade 9: The Great Depression
How did the United States recover from the Great Depression? (CCSS.RI.9-10.7, CCSS.W.9.2)
Grade 10: The Republic of Peru's Guano Bonanza
Why might Peru's Guano Era serve as a warning about commodity bonanzas? (CCSS.RI.9–10.7, CCSS.W.10.2)
Grade 11–12: The Great Recession
To what extent were banks and financial institutions responsible for the Great Recession? (CCSS.RI.11–12.7, CCSS.W.11–12.2)
