Web+Resources

Web Resources: [|Great Depression Basics] - This website contains basic information describing the Great Depression. It breaks the information down into 2 categories: easy and hard. [|Journey through the Great Depression] - This link takes the students on an interactive journey of a man living in the Great Depression. [|Newspaper Articles from the Great Depression] - This link allows students to see newspaper articles from the New York Times during the stock market crash. [|All About the New Deal] - This website contains information about the New Deal, including articles, archives, and photos. [|PBS Video About Teenagers During the Great Depression] - This is a video about the lives of teenagers living during the Great Depression and riding the railroad cars because they had no where else to go. [|Links and Activities Based on the Great Depression] - This website contains links for activities and lesson plans dealing with the 1930s. [|Journal Activity] -This is a journal activity that can be altered to fit any mentor text that you may use. [|Teach with Dear America] - The Dear America book series has a book on the Great Depression, and this website takes the students on a journey with the main character of the book. [|Franklin Roosevelt Information] - This website is the Franklin Roosevelt museum site, and it contains facts about President Roosevelt, his life, and what he did during his four terms as president. [|The 1930s] - This website contains information on the 1930s. It goes into detail about the Depression, New Deal, forms of entertainment, and many other topics.