 Many families separated to find jobs throughout the country  Families unable to pay the mortgage lost their homes and farms  About 250,000 young people were homeless in the early years of the Depression. Many became nomads, traveling the highways and railways.

 Students were too embarrassed to go to school with worn out clothes  Few adults could pay taxes: teachers were given a flat rate, classroom sizes were large, schools shut down  Many students dropped out to work  Started progressive classes – students could choose their subject

 Consider how the way children were raised during the Great Depression will effect how they act as adults. "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." --Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Nearly fifty million Americans were born to the Silent Generation in America from the beginning of 1925 through Before them were the so-called G.I. Generation and after them the Boom Generation, then the X, and now the Millennial. No generation has so small a reputation as does the Silent. No generation since the American Civil War has been so misunderstood and underestimated.

As you leave think about what defines your generation. Send a picture.

List characteristics of your generation. How does the history of our time period effect the culture?

Swing - Dancing their troubles away The Movies – The Golden Age of Hollywood begins; 25 cents or less for a whole days entertainment Games – Board games about the rewards of becoming rich

Greenfield Village, Michigan

Colonial Williamsburg

Create a mural to represent YOUR culture and/or history that has affected your generation.

Do you feel it is important to preserve history in this way?

Art Sculptor Music

THEN (1930)NOW (2014) “Mattress money” “Clean Your plate” club Riding the Rails Going to the movies Credit Cards Wi-Fi Movies – genres Drive through Is it important to preserve our history??

Social History Scrapbook