1. “Why might this be the ‘Worst Hard Time’ in U.S. History?”
** Synthesizing information, considering what you think most relevant …
Information from stations & handouts
The Grapes of Wrath handout
What has been learned about the Great Depression thus far?
What was life like during the Great Depression?

2. Dust Bowl

3. Rural America - Living During the Great Depression
- 1930, 25% of population were farmers, living on six million farms …
- Today …
- Farm Security Administration (1935) …
- Loans to purchase farms …
- “I want to see the whites of their eyes.”
- Economic reality …

4. Questions to Consider:
[1] What passages / sections stand out to you? Why?
[2] Why are the tenants, owners, and the banks / company depicted as they are in the book?
[3] Why do the owners call the banks or the company “a monster?”
[4] Was this story fair?

5. Station One
“Migrant Mother”

6. Station Two
“Lunch atop a Skyscraper”

7. Station Three
“Dust Bowl Images”

8. Station Four
“Letters to the President”

9. Relevant National Statistics
Use the handouts on desks to reflect upon these statistics mentioned.
Suicide …
Mental breakdowns …
Alcoholism …
Unemployment …
Gross Domestic Product …
Young people moving away …
Migration to California …
Farm foreclosures …

10. “Why might this be the ‘Worst Hard Time’ in U.S. History?”
** Synthesizing information, considering what you think most relevant …
Information from stations & handouts
The Grapes of Wrath handout
What has been learned about the Great Depression thus far?
What was life like during the Great Depression?