Unit 7: The Great Depression 2.25.19

Entry Task Turn in your Chapter 32 & 33 worksheet (if you didn’t already) Get out your notebook & a writing stick

Great Depression Photos FDR wanted to show the nation the depth of the economic crisis & what the government was doing about it The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was put in charge of the documentary effort, employing some of the country’s most talented photographers 200,000 photos were collected – most comprehensive photographic record of any period of time in our nation’s history Credit: Burns, Ken. “Photographers of the Dust Bowl.” The Dust Bowl, PBS, 2012

Image analysis Make a t-chart in your notebook: Image Thoughts Dorothea Lange: A photographer whose portraits of displaced farmers during the Great Depression greatly influenced the genre of documentary photography. Make a t-chart in your notebook: Image Thoughts Write a short description of the image. What do you see? What does this image tell us about the Great Depression? What can we learn from it?

A homeless family walks from Phoenix to San Diego (354 mi), looking for work; shown here on Highway 99 in CA, 1930.

A mother & her children, Elm Grove, CA, 1936.

Evicted sharecroppers by the side of the road. Parkin, AL. 1936.

Men at a soup kitchen in Washington, D.C., 1936.

“Migrant Mother” A mother with her three children in CA. 1936.

Postcards from the Past Project

Project Postcards from the Past Character point of view Color illustration 200 word message about what your character is experiencing Due Thursday, 2/28