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History Boot Camp: The Great Depression with Phillip Campbell (American, Modern)
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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.
Instructor: Phillip Campbell
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.
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History Boot Camp: The Great Depression with Phillip Campbell (American, Modern)
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Phillip Campbell
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History ➤ American History
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High School
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July 19th, 2022 at 12:00 AM ET
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Recorded, free with subscription
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None
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Outline
1. A history of banking in America and a brief review of financial crashes prior to the Great Depression
2. Study of the factors leading up to the Crash of 1929 and its effect on the nation
3. The response of the United States government to the Great Depression
4. World War II and the end of the Depression; Could another Depression happen today?
Materials
There is no mandatory reading for this course. If you'd like something to read, though, 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.
Phillip Campbell
phicampiii@gmail.com
Phillip Campbell holds a BA in European History from Ave Maria University and a certificate in Secondary Education through Madonna University. He taught history and Scripture for the St. Augustine Homeschool Enrichment Program for ten years and is the author of the popular ” Story of Civilization” series by TAN Books. Mr. Campbell has also been published by The Catholic Textbook Project, Ave Maria Press, Our Sunday Visitor, Arx Publishing, and Arouca Press and his articles have appeared in online and print journals such as the St. Austin Review, New Oxford Review, and New Liturgical Movement.
Testimonies from students:
To quote one student from Intro to Formal Logic (Recorded), he said that Mr. Campbell was “WONDERFUL. Absolutely enjoyed it!”
“Mr. Campbell took the dullness out of learning, and he made each class fun and exciting. I think that with his teaching method he could make any subject I hated into a productive and enjoyable learning experience. I would take as many of his classes as I could.”
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