The not so Great Depression

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The not so Great Depression
Mr. Gallaher If you want it, use it,
but give me some credit 2008
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• Through the use of primary sources you will
  analyze the social conditions of families during
  the Great Depression.
• You will read each question then click on the
  forward button
• After studying the picture click on the question
  button and answer the question by clicking on the
  most correct answer.
• You can use the navigation buttons on the bottom
  of each slide to move forward or backward
• BEGIN

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What can you surmise from this picture?

• Children spent little time in school
• The role of parents were diminished
• Children were forced to live in squalor
• The conditions to which the poor were subjected
  were subhuman.

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Moms at Work
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What were you able to surmise from the previous
picture?

• Children spent little time in school
• The role of parents was diminished
• Children were forced to live in squalor
• The conditions the poor were subjected to were
  subhuman.

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Great Job!!!!
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Try Again you were close
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What does the following picture imply

• The mother has ran away from the family
• The need for the family to have a dinner together
  is important to this man
• The lack of religious paraphernalia proves that
  people had lost there religion during the Great
  Depression
• The children are ungrateful for what they have

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Christmas dinner 1938
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What did the previous picture imply

• The mother has ran away from the family
• The need for the family to have a dinner together
  is important to this man
• The lack of religious paraphernalia proves that
  people had lost there religion during the Great
  Depression
• The children are ungrateful for what they have

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Great Job!!!!
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The following picture illustrates a common
occurrence in the United States from 1929-1941

• This family was selling their possessions as
  quickly as possible
• This family was lazy and deserved what was
  happening
• This family is attempting to buy new furniture
• This family is being forced from their homes
  because of punitive government programs designed
  to remove tax evaders

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Moving On
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The following picture illustrates a common
occurrence in the United States from 1929-1941

• This family was selling their possessions as
  quickly as possible
• This family was lazy and deserved what was
  happening
• This family is attempting to buy new furniture
• This family is being forced from their homes
  because of punitive government programs designed
  to remove tax evaders

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Great Job!!!!
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The following picture is proof that

• Mothers were the only ones who watched over
  children
• Children of families were more a burden than a
  benefit
• Families tried to stay together if at all
  possible
• Large families, while good for company, where a
  detriment

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Mother of Seven
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The following picture is proof that

• Mothers were the only ones who watched over
  children
• Children of families were more a burden than a
  benefit
• Families tried to stay together if at all
  possible
• Large families, while good for company, where a
  detriment

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Great Job!!!!
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This woman typifies

• The migrant life was not only hard on a family,
  but also on the individual
• That most families were single-parent families
• That children were a way that divorced women
  could find a husband
• That motherhood was the most sacred of all roles
  during the Great Depression

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The 31 year-old pea picker
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This woman typifies

• That most families were single-parent families
• That children were a way that divorced women
  could find a husband
• That motherhood was the most sacred of all roles
  during the Great Depression
• The migrant life was not only hard on a family,
  but also on the individual

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Great Job!!!!
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GREAT WORK What was your total correct

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• Keep Working
• Dont Give Up
• Lets Work Together