Kernel Essay 2.0
Name: ________________________________
Topic:
Causes of The Great Depression of the 1930’s
Is about … How the United States fell into a great economic depression due to bad banking
practices in the 1920’s that led to financial failure in business and high unemployment in
the United States as well as other countries worldwide.
.
Transition
First Cause
Initially
Stock Market
crash of 1929
+ LO
The Great Depression started with the stock market
crash of 1929 known as “Black Tuesday”.
SD: Overinvesting in the 1920’s and consumer credit spending created a false
value in the stock market.
 Many banks in the United States also invested heavily in the stock
market.
Point of View
☐ Third
He, She, They
☐ Past
☐ Present
☐ Future
Transition
Bank Failures
+ LO
SD
Tense
Text Structure
☐ Size
☐ Time
☐ Compare/
Contrast
☐ Size
Second Cause
☐ Second
You
☐ First
I, we
☐ Importance
☐ Chain-link
☐ Cause/Effect
☐ Conclude
Transition
The largest
The smallest
Larger than
Equal to
Smaller than
The tallest
The shortest
☐ Time/Sequence/Process
.
Transition
Third Cause
Frozen Banking
credit
SD
At the beginning
Afterwards
Thereafter
Meanwhile
Presently
Before
In the meantime
During
☐ Compare & Contrast
Transition
Fourth Cause
Business and
Farm Failures
+ LO
First
Then
Next
At last
First
Second
Finally
In the past
+ LO
SD
However
Yet
Despite
In contrast
Like
Unlike
On the other hand
Even
though
Although
Rather
than
Similarly
As
opposed
☐ Importance
to
The worst
The best
Instead
of
The first
The next best
The most important The best
Equally important
☐ Chain-link
Transition
Fifth Cause
+ LO
High
SD
Unemployment
.
Clincher:
 How it has shaped current banking practices today
 How it affected a generation of Americans
One the one hand
Again
Besides
Moreover
Still another
One example
Since
Also
In fact
For instance
A further
The last
☐ Cause & Effect
Because
Since, So
As a result
If… then
Therefore
For this reason
☐ Conclude
To conclude
In conclusion
In summary
To summarize
As you can see
As a result
Finally
Therefore
Kernel Essay 2.0
Name: ________________________________