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Great Depression Journal

Great Depression Journal.

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Great Depression Journal

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  1. Great Depression Journal During the Great Depression unit, you will be keeping a journal each class period. In your notebook, you will write a journal entry according to the writing prompt given each day. It will be a new topic each class and you may create a character with a family, story and personality to make it more original and creative. Mrs. Janiak will read the journals at the end of the unit to give a final grade on the journal so please do a good job! Use facts to make your entries accurate (from the textbook, PowerPoint and video information we discuss in class) and be creative! At the end of the Depression unit, you will type up your written journal entries from the notebook and turn in as a final project.

  2. Depression Journal Write #1: Oct. 30, 1929 • Directions: Write a journal entry as a stockbroker in New York explaining your experiences. How are you affected by the crash? What is your reaction? Will you be able to survive? • BE CREATIVE!

  3. Feeling the Pain of Loss • What feelings did you experience during this activity? • What do you think people must have felt when they learned that their life savings had been lost due to bank failures after the Crash of 1929?

  4. Journal Entry #2 • Date: Create a date any time within the years 1930-1931 • (Ex: June 16, 1930) • Directions: Imagine that the bank where your parents have a savings account suddenly closes. Their money is gone. Then your parents lose their jobs and cannot pay the rent on your house. One day you come home from school to find your furniture and all of your belongings on the sidewalk- you have been evicted.

  5. Journal Write #3: • (Use the same character from journal write #2) • Your journal write should: • Question the safety of the banks • Question the government-> what is the government going to do about this depression? • What is the government going to do for all the unemployed and homeless people?

  6. Journal Write #4 • July 1932- • You are a WWI veteran that went to Washington D.C. hoping to get the $500 bonus for serving in WWI, known as the Patman Bill. You are part of the 10,000-20,000 people marching and waiting in D.C. Describe the atmosphere of the Bonus Army and what happens when the Patman Bill is voted against?

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