Social Studies 10 Final Reflection
What Was My Inquiry Topic?
My inquiry project was The Great Depression.
What Is The Great Depression About?
The Great Depression was about the economic terror of the 1930’s. It all started with the stock market crash which was caused by everyone selling their stocks after seeing a dip in the stock market. This lead to everyone losing their money and that meant they couldn’t pay back banks and so on and so on. Overall The Great Depression was an immediate cause that started a chain reaction of world wide issues in the economy.
How Did I Gather Information And Express My Ideas?
I gathered information only through websites that I would cite in my project. I would browse for an hour checking out random websites making sure that they are providing real and factual information that I could use for my inquiry project. I expressed my ideas through a very detailed powerpoint that went over all aspects and details of The Great Depression.
How Is The Great Depression Significant Today?
The Great Depression is significant today because it caused implementations of modern policies in banks to help restrict and prevent any future problems like The Great Depression. It also influenced policies in other things so that they cannot result in big problems.
Core Competency Reflection
I can examine and evaluate to improve my own work; evidence of that is…
An example of the competency above is when I was doing my notes for my inquiry project. They were handed back and I was offered the opportunity to improve the quality. So I did that and re-handed in my inquiry notes in hopes for a better mark.
I look for, develop and weigh different perspectives and pieces of evidence, as demonstrated by…
I did this during the note taking of my inquiry project. I would look through tons of different websites giving different kinds of details and perspectives on The Great Depression. I would look at them all and ethically judge them for which ones provided the best answers and use that information in my inquiry project. I also made sure to cite all the information I gathered to make sure I was not stealing information.
An example of where I built upon someone else’s ideas is…
I did this when we were doing the Murder Mystery assignment in class. Me and my group of 3 were looking at different possible reasons for the victims cause of death. I was building upon my group mates ideas of how the victim died and we came to a well-rounded conclusion.