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The Great Depression

Scavenger Hunt

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1. Who took this picture? What is it called? And why is it so famous? _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

2. What was the date of Black Tuesday? ________________________________________ 3. What happened on Black Tuesday? __________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 4. Name a movie that is set during The Great Depression? Name movie, year and director. _______________________________________________________________________ 5. Interview someone who lived during The Great Depression. Attach the results of your interview. Ask at least five questions. 6. Attach an image of a “black blizzard.” 7. Which novel about the Great Depression granted the author a Pulitzer Prize for his work? _____________________________________________________________ 8. Who were the “Okies”? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ The English Teacher’s Friend

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9. Attach a song and lyrics that is set in or about The Great Depression. 10. What was President Roosevelt’s political response to the Great Depression? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 11. Describe Hooverville during the Great Depression. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

12. Common belief is that the Great Depression ended with the start of what? ___________

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The Great Depression

Scavenger Hunt Answers 1. Dorothea Lange , Migrant Mother, This image became an icon to symbolize human poverty and desperation of the Great Depression. 2. October 29, 1929 3. The stock market crashed and it is considered the start of the Great Depression 4. Answers Vary –attached song and lyrics. Run an internet search to check the answers 5. Interview attached 6. Attachment of image of a dust storm (black blizzard) 7. The Grapes of Wrath 8. Okies were people, mostly farm workers from Oklahoma, who traveled to California in search of work 9. Answers will vary 10. The New Deal which included a WPA (Works Progress Administration) to help the unemployed back to work. 11. Answers vary but check here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooverville 12. World War II

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