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Download the sample here » Download This Sample This sample is exclusively for KidsKonnect Basic members! To download this worksheet, click the button below to signup for free (it only takes a minute) and you'll be brought right back to this page to start the download! Great Depression - BrainPOP. How the Depression Affected Children. How Young Americans Survived the Hard Times of the Great Depression. Editors Note: I don’t know what the future holds, but history has a funny way of repeating itself.
I would be lying if I said that I have an optimistic outlook for our near term future. For a myriad of reasons, myself and others like me are preparing for a time when the stupid antics of a messed up 20 year old starlet at an award show aren’t worthy of news attention, because the world will really have more important things to worry about. My fear is going through something worse than our grandparents did in the great depression.
What I am concerned about are things like my family’s safety, how I will feed them and take care of them. I wonder about what their lives will be like and if we will live to see them grow old. I came across this story below. By Errol Lincoln Uys: excerpted from Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression “When Did You Boys Last Eat?” “We ran across a log cabin deep in the blackjack oaks. “Put Your Pride in Your Pocket.” “In the Jungle” Minorities · America's Great Depression and Roosevelt's New Deal · DPLA Omeka. "Brothers," by Malvin Gray Johnson, who worked on the Federal Arts Project during the Great Depression.More info Select an item: BrothersDate1934CreatorJohnson, Malvin Gray, 1896-1934RightsPersonal, educational and non-commercial use of digital images from the American Art Museum's collection is permitted, with attribution to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, for all images unless otherwise noted. more Personal, educational and non-commercial use of digital images from the American Art Museum's collection is permitted, with attribution to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, for all images unless otherwise noted. less PartnerAmerican Art Museum; Smithsonian InstitutionContributing InstitutionSmithsonian American Art Museum Interview with Dossie Acklin (excerpt).
Dossie Acklin was born December 19, 1910 in Pico, Alabama. In this interview Acklin discusses his life as a young black man growing up in Alabama, his education, sharecropping, and working as a farmer. Having Fun – Family Life during the Great Depression. Having Fun – Family Time When they weren't working, families found time to have fun, with neighbors, friends, relatives and each other.
With little money to spend on entertainment, families enjoyed new board games such as "Monopoly" and "Scrabble" which were first sold during the 1930s. Neighbors got together to play card games such as whist, pinochle, canasta and bridge. Elroy Hoffman says his family didn't have a radio, so they played cards or dominos. "My Dad and I always played race horse rummy. " Also, they played records on a phonograph. The Apetz brothers used objects from around the farm to make their own toys. Didn't have no money to go down and buy the kids an ice cream cone or anything like that so you just stayed home.
" Even though farm life was difficult in the 1930s, children growing up in that era found ways to have fun just doing "kid things. " A New Deal for the Arts. What the Great Depression Can Teach Us About Marketing. The Great Depression lasted from 1929 until 1940.
It saw America’s Gross National Production cut by 50%, with nearly a quarter of all workers unemployed. One of the core challenges of marketing during that dismal financial era was how to present key brand information effectively and efficiently, just as it is today. Here’s a historical look at some of the people and brands that weathered the Great Depression, and how seriously smart marketing helped them do it: Procter & Gamble According to the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, the term ‘soap opera’ was first used to describe the daily radio programs sponsored by Procter & Gamble.
“During the Great Depression orders for soap plummeted, but P&G did not cut back on their advertising. They sponsored a daily radio drama called Ma Perkins, which appealed to housewives who could listen in during the afternoon. If your marketing campaigns are getting lackluster results, don’t blame the economy. C.F. Don’t fall for the fast buck. Louis B. Bing Crosby - Brother Can you Spare a Dime? 1932 - With lyrics.