#607 Great Depression: From Prosperity to Ruin

Left: Unemployed men vying for jobs at the American Legion Employment Bureau in Los Angeles during the Great Depression. Right: Dorothea Lange, "Migrant Mother," 1936.

Today's lesson consists of two parts.

• Background on the Great Depression (Google Slides)
• Document analysis. View the following documents (Google Doc) and work with a partner to address the following questions:
  • Causes: What are some of the key causes of the economic crisis identified in these documents?
  • Effects: How has the Great Depression impacted the individuals in these documents?
  • Solutions: What solutions might you propose based on these documents?