Choose one of the following to respond to on your blog:

• (Cause and Consequence) Do tough economic times bring forth greater racism? Use specific examples from the Great Depression and compare it to other eras.
• (Perspective/Evidence) Read over the Letters to Bennett. Which was your favourite letter to Bennett and why?
• (Cause and Consequence) In what ways did the Great Depression make Canada rethink its economic policies? How did that contribute to our identity today?
• (Continuity and Change) What similarities can you find between Canada’s reaction during the Great Depression and this Covid-19 emergency? What are the differences?

Useful sources:

Consequences of the Great Depression:

• https://tc2.ca/sourcedocs/uploads/history_docs/Interwar%20years/Consequences_Great_Depression.pdf

More Letters to Bennett:

• http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/norman/background/1930s/5394en.html

On to Ottawa Trek:

• https://www.vslo.ca/about/history-victory-square/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=452&v=F0tW2kvy1z8

Vancouver during Depression:

• http://seniorsstories.vcn.bc.ca/2014/10/27/jack-burch-depression-war-career-publishing/