1. Today’s Warm Up
Answer in your notes & be ready to share!!
Yesterday, we discussed several causes of the Great Depression. List and briefly describe at least two of those causes.
Turn in Frayer Models

2. Social Effects of the Great Depression

3. Social Effects of Poverty & Unemployment
The Great Depression touched every American
In the Cities…
Workers wages & hours cut; many lost jobs
Savings were gone
Unable to feed families & pay bills
Bread lines, Soup Kitchens
Malnutrition
Hoovervilles & Shantytowns

7. Social Effects of Poverty & Unemployment
In Rural America…
Farmers suffered even before the Depression hit
Crop prices fell & debts added up
Unable to pay mortgages
Auctions & Tenant Farming

9. Check for Understanding
Partner A – Describe conditions faced by those whom lived in the cities.
Partner B – Describe the conditions faced by those whom lived in rural America.
How do you think people responded to the conditions/hardships they faced?

11. Migration during the Great Depression
Hoboes wandered the country in search of work (men, teens)
Many rode the rails
Many farm families had no option but to leave
“Okies”- migrants who went west to find work (some available in CA)

14. Comparing Historical Perspectives
What type of document is this?
What does this document tell you about the causes of the Dust Bowl?
Conditions faced?

15. Hard Times for All
Psychological Effects  depression, abandonment, suicide
“Breadwinners” felt they had betrayed their families
People reacted differently
Some searched endlessly for new jobs
Some simply left their families
Some committed suicide

18. Hard Times for All Women & Children Minorities
Family distress (abandonment)
Women lost jobs to men with families
Starvation, Malnutrition
Minorities
Suffered the worst
Lost jobs first
Denied jobs
Denied aid

20. Check for Understanding
Partner A – Describe how women and children were affected by the Depression.
Partner B – Describe how minorities were affected by the Depression.
If you had lived through the Depression, what would you have found to be the most difficult hardship? Why?