great depression, 1929-1939

Features primary source material from speeches, letters, and diaries, as well as first-hand experiences of those who were a part of the Great Depression, and describes the stock market crash of 1929, unemployment, bread line, World War Two, and more.

Presents the history of the Great Depression through excerpts from letters, newspaper articles, speeches, and songs dating from the period. Includes review questions.

Presents a short history of the Great Depression, and discusses the stock market crash of 1929, unemployment, pre-war and war years, and more.

Contains excerpts from interviews, magazine and news articles, and letters that provide insight into the effects of the Great Depression of the 1930s on America and its people.

A reprint of the 1972 memoir, told in the voice of a young boy, of the author's experiences growing up in the Marion area of southern Illinois during the Great Depression.

Three city siblings, now living on a farm during the Great Depression, must survive on their own when their father takes a construction job miles away.

Nine-year-old Kit Kittredge responds with resourcefulness when her father's business closes because of the Great Depression and she is forced to make changes in her life.

A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.