images of the great depression
TRANSCRIPT
OGT Weekly Writing Describe what you
see in this picture.
What is happening
here?
What is unusual
about the family in
this picture?
What reasons can
you think of for why
they are in this
situation?
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Images of the Great
Depression
US History
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Part One
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Where Was It?
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Dust Bowl Facts Caused by overproduction (wheat), drought,
and high winds
Worst environmental disaster in US History (100,000,000 acres—size of Pennsylvania)
Tied yourself to ropes before going out into a storm; breathing was a hazard
Static electricity in storms knocked people over
Chickens roosted in mid-afternoon
Dust went to Chicago, New York, DC—even ships at sea
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A Dust Storm in Eastern Colorado
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Another Dust Storm
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A father and his two sons seek
shelter from a dust storm
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Sand covering a farm
after a dust storm
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Dust Bowl Field
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An abandoned farm in Kansas.
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Part Two
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A family trying to escape the
dust bowl
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A family in a “lean-to” tent
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Farm worker's permanent
homes.
Shack - rents for $7 a month.
Arvin - Kern County, California.
note times...why?
Worker's Alliance meeting in Arvin
- Kern County
Family Living Conditions
Shack Town Children
Louis
Camp, Sacramento, California
Household equipment of
Oklahoma family
World's largest asparagus field,
Ryer Island Sacramento,
California
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Part Three
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Breadline
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Hunger
Line
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The Great “Depression”
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Unemployment Line
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Lots of Standing Around
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“Move on…”
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Everyone Did What They Could
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Hoovervilles
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Monopoly
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