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Life During the Great Depression

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Historic image of two men walking on a road next to a billboard promoting train travel.

The Great Depression was an incredibly difficult time for many people. Keep in mind that many of the relief programs that help people today like unemployment benefits, didn't exist then so people truly had nowhere to turn. In the following interactive you will pretend that you are living during that time. As you go through this element, think about how your real life is different from the character you play.

Click here for the Interactive Program.


Journaling Jumpstarts

  1. Write a journal entry comparing and contrasting your life to the life of your character in the interactive.

  2. Make a list of the pros and cons of joining the CCC at a time like that portrayed in the interactive.

  3. Make a list of the five most important things in your life. Then explain how each of those things would be affected if you lived in poverty.



 

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Did You Know?

o The leathery grape fern, one of the rare plants in Big Meadows, has a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases.

Shenandoah National Park has 431 rare plant populations representing 66 rare plant species. The highest concentration of these is in the park’s Big Meadows area