This resource covers the origins, causes, and impacts of the Global Great Depression of the 1930s. Graphs, charts, primary sources, and explanations are combined to explain the Gold Standard, global trade, the impacts of World War I, international agreements, the 1929 Crash in the United States, inflation/deflation, and the global economic decline.This resource could be used as a secondary source reader, in support of a classroom presentation, as review material, or instead of a textbook reading