1. Please SILENTLY work on the DO NOW Why do you think they called it the GREAT Depression?

2. Life During the Great Depression The Great Depression Affected Everyone Three Groups that were affected the most were –Farmers –Migrant Workers –Unemployed Living In Cities

3. The Dust Bowl A period of severe dust storms causing major agricultural damage to prairie lands in the 1930s (Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Northern Texas and the Midwest)

4. The Dust Bowl Farmers had cleared too many trees and when the winds came, there was nothing holding the soil in place.

5. The Dust Bowl

8. Migrant Workers People affected by the Dust Bowl and droughts. Mainly farming families who lost their farms or farm-related employment. These people had to migrate back and forth across the country to find work.

9. Migrant Workers

11. Unemployed In Cities As we discussed yesterday, it was not just farmers and people working in the agricultural field who were affected by the Great Depression. Many factories shut down as well, leaving people in cities without jobs.

12. Unemployed in Cities The unemployed in cities usually did not have transportation to leave the city and find work elsewhere. Instead of becoming migrant workers, they stayed in the city, taking whatever jobs they could find.

13. Bread Lines and Soup Kitchens To help the unemployed, many charitable organizations began (there were no government-sponsored help programs) Soup Kitchens- A place where free food is served to those who are homeless or down on their luck Bread Lines- The lines that formed outside soup kitchens and food pantries –Usually these lines were full of men and women trying to provide for their families

14. Bread Lines and Soup Kitchens

18. Perspective The unemployment rate rose to 38% during the Great Depression Right now, it’s at 7.8%

19. MUTT Step 1: Write KEYWORDS on the side of each paragraph Step 2: CIRCLE any unknown words Step 3: CHUNK the reading into sections and SUMMARIZE each section Step 4: When you are finished reading and summarizing, write one CONNECTION to something that you know or that has happened to you

20. Great Depression Bread Lines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVjTkY SAYFAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVjTkY SAYFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQbcN hcCyn8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQbcN hcCyn8