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The Great Depression: America in the 1930’s

The Great Depression: America in the 1930’s. Dust Bowl. One of the major problems in rural areas of America in the 1930’s were great dust storms . What do you think would cause land to be so dusty?. Dust Bowl. This is a picture of a dust storm in South Dakota. Can you find SD on the map?

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The Great Depression: America in the 1930’s

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  1. The Great Depression:America in the 1930’s

  2. Dust Bowl • One of the major problems in rural areas of America in the 1930’s were great dust storms. • What do you think would cause land to be so dusty?

  3. Dust Bowl • This is a picture of a dust storm in South Dakota. • Can you find SD on the map? • Where is it located in relation to where you live?

  4. Dust Bowl • This is a picture of a dust storm in Oklahoma. • Can you find OK on the map? • Where is it located in relation to where you live?

  5. Dust Bowl • This is a picture of a dust storm in Colorado. • Can you find CO on the map? • Where is it located in relation to where you live?

  6. Migrant Workers • Many families could find no steady work, so they had to travel looking for any job they could find. • What reference book would help you find out what ‘migrant’ means? • What context clues in the first statement help you know what ‘migrant’ means?

  7. Migrant Workers • This picture shows a migrant family living in a tent in California.

  8. Children of the Depression • Look carefully at the following few pictures. • How do they make you feel? • What sticks out to you in these pictures?

  9. Children of the Depression

  10. Children of the Depression • What connections can you make to this picture?

  11. Civilian Conservation Corps • The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was created by President FDR during the Depression. It created jobs for unemployed people. • What do you see the CCC men doing in each of the following pictures?

  12. Civilian Conservation Corps

  13. Unemployment and Bread Lines

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