socials 11

1 In class discussion of Keynesian economics and deficit spending and why it is so tough to balance budgets (provincial and federal) today.

2 we looked a the 1934 Disney film Grasshopper and the Ants as it relates to the Depresssion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAd0jOuQg8o

3 We read some stories about life in the DEpression--did you know you can add ketchup to water and you have tomato juice? that you can grab food off someone's table once they leave and eat it?