Scenario: Following the Roaring 20s of the Jazz Age, the United States struggled with over a decade of terrible economic troubles as a result of a weak banking system, over-production of goods, overspending, and bursting credit bubbles. The Wall Street Stock Market Crash of 1929 was one of the main causes of the Great Depression. It was the most devastating crash in the history of the United States and is known as Black Tuesday.
Unfortunately, the country is in danger again! Mr. Ron A. Muck has stolen lots of stock from the stock market and has hidden it in the Breakout EDU box. In order to recover the stocks and save the country from another Great Depression, you must study the clues from the past and figure out the codes to all the locks on the box. You have 45 minutes to solve the clues, save the stocks, and get back to the stock exchange before trading ends for the day!
Black Tuesday in Numbers
Do the Math to Get the Three-Digit Code to the Small Box!
Riding the Rails During the Great Depression - Read Article
Access Google Form to Post Your Answers The answer clues will give you access to the four-digit lock on the Big Box
Hobo Symbols
Decode the Hobo Symbols from the Small Box with the Hobo Symbol Sheet. These are the clues you need to unlock the Directional Lock.
Dorothea Lange
Read the Article and then Link to this Site
When you complete the task at this site, notify a teacher with your answer and they will come and unlock the padlock with a key.
Unemployment Rates During the Great Depression
Using the Unemployment Rate (Percentage) Data, make a Graph of the Numbers of Unemployed on the Paper Graph. Once you have the data charted, use the Flashlight to unscramble the 5-letter word (use the intersecting letters) which will open your fourth lock on the large box.
YAY! You Broke Out of the Depression!