Unit IV The 1930’s: The Great Depression &The New Deal Finish 22.2Life During the Depression Poster Project Complete and turn in 22.1 Guided Reading Q’s Finish 22.2 Vocabulary Sheet Dust Bowl Hobos The Wizard of Oz The Grapes of Wrath Hoovervilles Bread 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 Hobos The Wizard of Oz The Grapes of Wrath Hoovervilles Bread 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: What movies and radio shows entertained Americans during the Depression? What subjects did artists, photographers, and writers concentrate on during the 1930’s? List and define all key terms/people in 22.2