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� Discuss the human toll of the Depression, natural disasters, and unwise agricultural practices

� Discuss the human toll of the Depression, natural disasters, and unwise agricultural practices and their effects on the depopulation of rural regions and on political movements of the left and right, with particular attention to the Dust Bowl refugees and their social and economic impacts in California

Students will list and discuss how two social groups were affected by the Great

Students will list and discuss how two social groups were affected by the Great Depression. • City Workers • Farmers

� In October 1929 , panic selling caused the United States stock market to

� In October 1929 , panic selling caused the United States stock market to crash. The crash led to a worldwide economic crisis called the Great Depression. The Great Depression was the most severe economic downturn in the nation’s history, which lasted from 1929 -1941. It had lasting affects on the entire society from farmers to white collar professionals.

• • • Great Crash: The collapse of the American stock market in

• • • Great Crash: The collapse of the American stock market in 1929. Dust Bowl: term used to describe the central and southern Great Plains in the 1930; s when the region sustained a period of drought and dust storms. Hooverville: Term used to describe a makeshift homeless shelter during the years of the Great Depression.

� � � Many workers lost their jobs. Professionals and white-collar people were laid

� � � Many workers lost their jobs. Professionals and white-collar people were laid off. Bank savings disappeared, banks no longer had their money. Laborers became homeless, lived in poverty. Lived in “Hoovervilles”.

� � � Farm families suffered as low crop prices cut their income. When

� � � Farm families suffered as low crop prices cut their income. When farmers could not pay their rent, they lost their farms to the banks. Harsh conditions of the Depression were made more extreme by another major crisis the Dust bowl ( describe as soil that blew out of the central and southern Great Plains that brought drought to farmlands.

Complete this chart by listing 3 effects that the Great depression had on both

Complete this chart by listing 3 effects that the Great depression had on both city laborers and farmers. City Laborers Farmers

� � Student will research one visual that has historical relevance to the lesson.

� � Student will research one visual that has historical relevance to the lesson. Student must provide valid internet source.

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