Stock Market Crash of 1929

Define 1930’s Depression

Dorothea Lange~ famous Depression Era photojournalist took this photo of a migrant (what does migrant mean?) mother and her children

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UnemploymentIn 1930, 8 Million

people were unemployed

Some men, embarrassed that they no longer had work, pretended they still did. They left their houses in the morning dressed up in suits, briefcases empty.

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Breadlines Many people who were

rich before had to stand in breadlines for food

Sometimes breadlines were many city blocks long

In New York City, when garbage trucks would come to the dumps by the river, hundreds of women and children would run out to scavenge for food in the garbage

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Trading Floor – January 1930

Stock Buy SellGMC $11/share $10/shareATT $8/share $7.50/shareACO $10/share $9/shareUCC $5/share $4.25/share

Turn in Stock Market Excel. Continue on to final steps.

The Dust Bowl

What is The Dust Bowl? 3 minutes….

Using this website~

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/dustbowl/

Watch the Surviving the Dust Bowl clip and write a response to this question on your blog.If you had been part of one of these farm families during the ’30s, do you think you would have wanted to stay on your farm or leave? Why or why not?

Conclusion

The New Deal~ Define 5 minutes……

Create a presentation (who, what, where(examples), why) using a tool of your choice aboutThe Civilian Conservation Corps.Use this website for researchhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ccc/

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