Going to school then and now answer key
[Pages:2]Teacher's Guide
Going to School During the Great Depression (1930-1940)
Children were greatly affected during the Great Depression, even if they didn't understand what was happening. They knew if their parent(s) had lost their job. They knew that money was scarce. Some children had to leave school to take jobs and help support the family. Most of the time it was 16 and 17 year old children who dropped out of school to go to work. But sometimes younger ones had to drop out and go to work.
No transportation Other children couldn't go to school since many rural areas lacked high schools. Tilda Guy lived in Guy Hollow located in Campbell County. She loved school and wanted to go to high school. Because she lived so far back in the mountains, Tilda couldn't go to high school. There was no car or bus transportation, and the nearest high school was 25 miles away.
Couldn't afford books More Tennessee students had the opportunity to attend high school during the Great Depression. However, not all families had the resources to keep their children in school. Wilma Cope Williamson only attended high school for one year in 1931-32. "Dad couldn't buy books, and they didn't furnish them then, so I didn't get to go back to high school after the first year," she explained.
School lunches Many poor students went to school hungry every morning because their families didn't have anything to feed them. Typically students brought lunches to school because there was no school lunch program. Federal public works programs funded construction of many new schools in Tennessee during the 1930s. However, schools in Tennessee remained segregated. African American and white children attended different and unequal schools.
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Teacher's Guide
Going to School Then and Now
School life Clothing
School books
During the Depression Girls all wore dresses, boys sometimes wore overalls
No free school books, parents had to buy them
Now Girls wear pants or dresses, everyday clothes, some uniforms School system provides books
Transportation Technology
No school bus transportation, a lot of children walked Learned to use electric appliances/equipment
School buses, walkers, cars
Computers, television
Family money Classrooms Sports
Some had to drop out of school to take job to help support family All grades were in one large room
There were team sports and P.E. classes
Most drop out today for personal reasons, not to support family Different rooms for different grades/subjects Team sports and P.E. classes
DARE programs School Safety
Drugs were unknown in School children have
schools and alcohol
access to both drugs
wasn't a problem
& alcohol
Any disciplinary problems Some schools have
were handled by teachers police officers &
metal detectors
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