1. 11:2 Life During the Great Depression – ¼ of the workforce unemployed – “Shantytowns” (“Hoovervilles”): homeless people put up shacks on unused public land

2. 11:2 Hobos – Homeless men and boys who would hide on railway cars to cross the country

3. 11:2 The Dust Bowl – Uncultivated fields – Drought strikes the Great Plains – Massive dust storms

4. 11:2 Art and Entertainment during the G.D. – Americans looking for a way to ‘escape’ – Superman – Batman

5. 11:2 Hollywood during the G.D. – More than 60 million Americans went to movies each week – Shirley Temple Reflected a lost ‘innocence’ – Groucho Marx Provided comic relief

6. 11:2 Hollywood – Walt Disney Mickey Mouse (1928) First full-length cartoon: “Snow White” (1937)

7. 11:2 Hollywood – “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” Serving in American government is an honor – “The Wizard of Oz” Colorful musical help lift American spirits – “Gone with the Wind” About the Civil War

8. 11:2 Radio in the G.D. – Comedians Jack Benny, George Burns – Superheroes The Green Hornet The Lone Ranger

9. 11:2 Radio in the G.D. – Soap operas “The Guiding Light” Sponsors were often makers of laundry soap Americans were able to see that everyone else had problems

10. 11:2 Literature in the G.D. – John Steinbeck “The Grapes of Wrath” (1939) – Life during the Dust Bowl – William Faulkner Stream of consciousness technique “The Sound and the Fury”

11. 11:2 Art in the G.D. – Painters Thomas Hart Benton Grant Wood (“American Gothic”) – “Regionalist School” style – Glorified Midwestern values