How their lives were affected

Children in the DepressionChildren in this day and age EVERYDAY LIVES

20% of America’s children were hungry and without proper clothing. Children went without shoes and jackets for the winter time. In some coal mines the percentage of malnourished children reached to 90% Thousands of schools were shut down because they lacked the money to stay open. About 3 million children between 7-17 had to leave school 40% of young people between were not in school or working. PERCENTAGES

(AVERAGE CHILD IN THE DEPRESSION) Ragged clothes Mostly skin and bones Sometimes ran away because the streets were better than living at home (AVERAGE CHILDREN) Have clothes bought in a store. Many children in America are well overweight. Generally the streets are not better than home. Children in the DepressionChildren in this day and age COMPARISONS

And what a lot of people don’t know is that while the depression was going on many children wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt. "I have moments of real terror when I think we might be losing this generation. We have got to bring these young people into the active life of the community and make them feel that they are necessary." --New York Times, 5/34 Instead of just giving some children what they asked for, she showed her support in a totally different way. She established The National Youth Adminstration (NYA) and the youth influenced programs that were part of the Works Progressive Adminstration (WPA). ASSISTANCE?

Many of us forget that we have a lot of government assistance going on. EBT Welfare Section 8 housing Unemployment agency “Obamacare” Title 1 schools (free lunches/breakfast) All of these government programs are a RESULT of the depression, and were put in place to help children and families. ASSISTANCE?

AuthorRequestQuote A.C. female, 15 (AL)$6.00 for Easter clothes“We were once the richest people in town.” W.B. female, (CT)$10.00 a week for college“I am a poor colored girl, who thinks very highly of you.” A.L.C. female, 14 (MO)Bicycle for errands“If you could, send me a bicycle to ride for when I go washing.” C.K. male, highschool (NY)Football shoes“I thought one of your sons may have an old pair of football shoes.” F.M. male, 13 (KS)Radio“I am sick and have nothing to do.” ELEANOR’S LETTERS

DUSKO CONDIC- says, “Growing up during the great depression made him stronger.” WANDA BRIDGEFORTH- "In the Depression, the men could not get jobs, and especially the black men," Bridgeforth says. "Here was my father with a degree in chemistry, and he could not get a job." …. "She told me (Her mother) that this is the way it has to be," Bridgeforth says. "So we either do it and survive, or don't do it and don't survive.“ FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS

HENRY MARTINEZ- "You wanted to take a bath, you heat up the water in these big cans," Martinez says. "It was always a challenge to keep warm — we hugged each other on the floor. We had little beds that open and close. When I think about it, it was horrible. It was horrible. And then the sanitation of the community — garbage was just put in the alley — and did that create a condition? Yes it did: TB [tuberculosis]. I know my sister came down with TB. Sometimes I like to block that out and just say, 'Thanks God you're here.' " FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS CONT.

Dorothea Lange was the woman who captured the whole essence of The Great Depression. The only reason we know it was as bad as it was is because she traveled the whole U.S. documenting the everyday struggles. DOROTHEA LANGE A migrant mother, trying to support her children. Dorothea and her camera.

PICTURES Title: Manzanar, Calif These are some japanese people during the Great Depression enjoying a hot summer afternoon

PICTURES “If you die, you’re dead- that’s all.” Title: Woman of the high plains, 1938

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