What was life like in the Great Depression?

Using a variety of resources, your group will create a poster reflecting life in the Great Depression. Your poster must include:

A) - quotes from oral histories and a reflection on what they tell you about individual's experiences in this period
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17451_18670_18793-53511--,00.html

B) - economic statistics on prices, wages, employment, etc. Explain how these figures compare to tghe standard of living in the U.S. today
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-15481_19268_20778-52530--,00.html

C) - a summary of how the depression affected different social and economic groups (consider farmers, teenagers, women, immigrants and migrant workers, business owners, labor unions, politicians, etc.)

Please base your summary on photographs http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyindexdepression.htm
http://www.oconee.k12.sc.us/whs2/MJENSEN/www.jensen/webquest.htm

and anecdotal evidence (you may run your own searches on specific social groups)

D) a detailed one-paragraph summary of at least one primary source that is NOT a photograph that helps you respond to the framing question
(you can find your own or use the hyperlinks at the following sites: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/great_depression/links.cfm
http://www.oconee.k12.sc.us/whs2/MJENSEN/www.jensen/webquest.htm)

Include images, symbols and other embelishments to make your poster visually interesting. Remember that the symbols you include should reflect the spirit and context of the era.

We will be presenting these posters in the second half of class tomorrow. Be sure each member of the group takes part in this assessment.