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Individual Work :
 * 1) Read and Margin Note Excerpt from “Why Wall Street Always Blows It”

Bubbles: (Each group should research a bubble)
 * 1) Tulipmania – 1630’s
 * 2) The South Sea Bubble – 1711
 * 3) The Roaring Twenties Stock Bubble
 * 4) Japan’s Bubble Economy – 1985
 * 5) The Dot-Com Bubble – 1990’s

Questions to research
 * 1) When the Bubble began and ended?
 * 2) What was the cause of the Bubble and what broke the Bubble?
 * 3) What was life like during the Bubble? Be very specific and find specifics examples. Provide some economic indicators to show how great the economy was.
 * 4) What happened after the Bubble? Be very specific and find specifics examples. Provide some economic indicators to show how great the economy was.
 * 5) What role did credit play in the beginning of the Bubble?
 * 6) What role did the government play before and after the crisis?
 * 7) In your opinion, why was it said that this event/bubble was different?
 * 8) What was done after the bubble burst? What did they do to ensure this would not happen again?

Rubric
 * **Collaborative effort** where several participants have contributed. Each person brings their strengths and contributes things that they are good at to the project.
 * **Visual appeal** Graphics are used and add to the message. Graphics are not distracting and used to further explain a topic.
 * **Organization**
 * **Hyperlinks to sources.** An effective wiki hyperlinks sources and gives reader additional information about the topic.
 * **Depth and understanding**. The content should be written by the student and should show a good depthh of understanding and knowledge.