Six Days in October
Publication Information
Author:  Blumenthal, Karen	Illustrator:
Title:  Six Days in October	Date:  2002
Publisher:  Atheneum	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-689-84276-7	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies| math
Summary:
This is a detailed summary if the events surrounding the Stock Market crash of 1929. Side bars explain some common financial/ investment concepts. Archival photographs, newspaper articles, and cartoons illustrate the material.
Teaching Ideas:
Interested students may want to explore the SEC and federal regulations that resulted from the manipulations that characterized investing during this time. Current events may provide good links as well. Students could keep vocabulary journals for financial terms. They could follow stocks, perhaps "investing" as a class activity. The links to the Great Depression are worth pursuing, as well as the "get rich quick" mentality that characterized the time. Perhaps day traders offer a modern equivalent? See the New York Stock Exchange WWW site at http://www.nyse.com for more information. A variety of math links will be useful as well.
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Hardships > adversity History > region > U.S. history > Great Depression Math > chart/figure reading Math > statistics Social Studies > sociology > social issues > poverty

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