Unit IVThe 1930’s: The Great Depression &The New Deal1. Finish 22.2Life During the Depression

Poster Project2. Complete and turn in 22.1 Guided Reading

Q’s3. Finish 22.2 Vocabulary Sheet

Dust BowlHobos

The Wizard of OzThe Grapes of Wrath

HoovervillesBread Lines

Life During the Depression Partner up with ONE OTHER PERSON! Title your poster: Life During the Great Depression Illustrations and 1-sentence explanations for each of

the following:Dust Bowl

HobosThe Wizard of Oz

The Grapes of WrathHoovervillesBread Lines

Be Creative. No Stick Figures. Use color. Neatness Counts! Writing should be neat.

The Depression Worsens

- By 1933: unemployment rate @ 25% and more than 9,000 banks failed.

- More than 12 million workers unemployed.

- Many families were forced to stand in bread lines or soup kitchens for food.

The Depression Worsens

Many families became homeless (couldn’t pay rent or mortgage.)

Homeless put up shacks on public lands, called shantytowns, referred to as Hoovervilles.

Many homeless began wandering the country (hobos), hitchhiking or “riding the rails” in search of work.

The Dust Bowl

Farmers’ struggles in 1920’s left many acres of land uncultivated.

That combined with drought and high winds created an environment with huge dust storms.

Clouds of dust and dirt could raise 8,000 feet up and move up to 100 mph.

Dust buried crops and livestock and forced farmers to leave farms and homes.

Dust Bowl Map

Few Americans Escape Hard Times

Men felt they were failures because they no longer provided for families.

Some abandoned families & others committed suicide.

Birth rates dropped to lowest in American history.

Many children dropped out of school. First and only decade ever more people

were leaving the U.S. than coming.

Escaping the Depression

HOMEWORK:1. What movies and radio shows entertained

Americans during the Depression?2. What subjects did artists, photographers,

and writers concentrate on during the 1930’s?

3. List and define all key terms/people in 22.2