THE GREAT DEPRESSION - SCAVENGER



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THE GREAT DEPRESSION - SCAVENGER HUNT

8TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

THE ROARING TWENTIES ENDED WITH A CRASH!  THE STOCK MARKET CRASH 0F 1929 LED TO A WORLD WIDE ECONOMIC SLUMP.   LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES CHANGED DRAMATICALLY FOR EVERYONE.  FIND OUT HOW THE GREAT DEPRESSION AFFECTED ALL AMERICANS AND CHALLENGED OUR VIEWS OF AMERICAN LIFESTYLES AND  PROSPERITY.

IMAGINE THAT YOU LIVED DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION.  WHAT WOULD YOUR LIFE HAVE BEEN LIKE?  VISIT THE SITES  LISTED BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

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|[pic] |1.  On what day did the Stock Market hit its lowest? |

| |2.  List three causes of the Stock Market crash. |

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|[pic] |1.  Choose one of the topics shown on the 1930s postage stamps and explain the significance. |

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 3. - scroll through before you choose!

| |1.      Choose two photographs.  Describe the conditions shown.  Be sure |

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| |Photo #1  -  Topic – |

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| |Photo #2 -  Topic – |

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| |1.      Choose one piece of artwork from the great |

| |depression and answer the following: |

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| |A.     Describe the piece – |

| |B.   Why do you think the artist created this piece? |

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|  List four causes of the Great Depression? |    What problems did people face during the Great Depression? |

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| |How did Hoover react? |

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| |How did Roosevelt react? |

| |     List 3. New Deal Programs and briefly explain the purpose of each. |

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6.  The Dust Bowl -

| [pic] |Describe the conditions faced by farmers?  |

|What caused the dust bowl? |  |

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|What area of the U.S. was impacted? | |

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|[pic] |How did Americans entertain themselves during the Great Depression?  |

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| |What movies were people watching? |

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| |How were they listening to on the Radio? |

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| |What Radio show caused a panic on the Eastern seaboard? |

7- 1930s Entertainment - 1930s Pop Culture -1930s Pop Culture Powerpoint

|[pic] |8. The Great Depression changed people’s views of society and how the government |

| |reacted to economic hardships.   Imagine that an economic depression occurred in the|

| |United States today.  |

a. How do you think that it would affect you and your family?  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b. How do you think the government would respond? 

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