Photos of the Great Depressionhttp://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blygd22.htm

Chapter 11

Man in Dust StormDust Storms: In 1934 and 1936 drought and dust storms ravaged the

great American plains and added to the New Deal's relief burden.

Dust Storm in South Dakota "One of South Dakota's Black Blizzards, 1934"

Farm Foreclosure Sale During the Great Depression

"Okies" Driving to California

Would you have traveled west lookingfor work?

Migrant CampWhile on the road to California, “Okies” stayed at Migrant Camps looking for work

and food.

People

This woman is a mother of 7 on a pea picking farm in California. How do you think she managed to provide for her many children? What would you have done?

Soup Kitchens helped feed the homeless and unemployed.

How do you think men at this time felt? How had their role inSociety changed?

School House during Depression

Christmas Dinner during the Depression

What memories do you think these children had of Christmas?