1. All Aboard 4 Chicago! Like Bud Calloway & Bugs, we’re off to Chicago, Illinois… Hang on to your seats; we’re going back in time to visit the city during the Great Depression!

2. Chicago Now… Click here for news updates and current weather conditions in Chicago, IL.news updatesweather conditions

3. The Windy City Check out these popular attractionspopular attractions in modern-day Chicago.

4. Now, hop on, and hang on! Click hereClick here to share the adventures of a real-life hobo from Flint, Michigan – Bud’s hometown! How are his adventures similar to or different from Bud’s experiences?

5. Chicago Then… The City of Labor Strikes Visit this link to learn more about Chicago’s history of violent labor strikes and workers’ clashes with police and military forces. strikes What surprised you most, reading about these “battles?” GM auto workers strike, 1937 (Flint, Michigan)

6. …Becomes Unionized. Follow the link below to find which major Chicago industry was successfully unionized by the Congress of Industrial Organizations in the mid-1930s.Congress of Industrial Organizations Here’s a hint: Songs of Laborers

7. But Chicago takes a step BACKWARDS in race relations… Let’s visit the experts! What 3 reasons do sociologists give for a larger number of African American residents than White residents of Chicago being unemployed during the Depression?

8. Share of Jobs by Race: Chicago, 1930 Jobs: Profess- ional Busi- ness Clerical SkilledSemi- skilled Un- skilled Servant White 96% 98% 97%91%79%66% Black 4%2% 3%9%21%34% Racist practices caused workers of minority status to be hardest hit by the Great Depression.hardest hit (Source: “Black Metropolis: The 'Job Ceiling' in 1930s and 1940s Chicago “ by Horace Cayton and St. Clair Drake.)

9. Until Racism Gave Way to Renewal. The “Black Belt” (south side of Chicago) was home for many workers moving to the city from rural areas.Black Belt Instead of remaining oppressed, however, this area became the seat of the Chicago Black Renaissance!Chicago Black Renaissance

10. All right, students. We are going to break for lunch and explore this historic neighborhood. Everyone pick a partner, and each group choose 2 locations from the “Near South, South & Southwest” section of your map.map ------- On the ride home, each group will share one detail from each location that demonstrated a struggle or a success from the Great Depression.