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HOW CHILDREN LIVE IN … THE GREAT DEPRESSION
by Teri Brown
Meet Will and hear about the challenges he and his family faced
on a farm during the Dust Bowl
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AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: LIFE DURING THE DEPRESSION
by Tennille Langille
We interview Helen Sholty, who grew up in Texas during the Depression,
to find out what life was like back then
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POPULAR FOODS CREATED DURING THE DEPRESSION
by Chris Pepple
Hard times often bring out creativity in both people and companies.
Learn which of your favorite foods was created during the Depression |
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HERBERT HOOVER: FROM PROSPERITY TO DEPRESSION
by Amy O'Quinn
Read about the president who was unlucky enough to take office
less than a year before the Great Depression
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RIDING THE RAILS: HOBO SIGNS
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Mark Lardas
Learn about the secret language hoboes used to communicate with
one another while they were riding the rails
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BATTLING THE BLACK BLIZZARD
by Lisa
Wroble
Dust blew across the Great Plains so fiercely during the Dust
Bowl that dust storms became known as "Black Blizzards".
Hear about these storms and what farmers did to cope
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MR. HART AND THE WEEDPATCH KIDS
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Bob Field, Jr.
As people fled the Dust Bowl, many of them ended up in federal
labor camps in California. Read about the kids of one such camp,
and how a man named Mr. Hart challenged all of them to build
a better future
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CCC-THE
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
by Teri Brown
Explore the world of the "Three C's", one of the
most successful of the New Deal programs and find out what
these young men accomplished
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ALL THAT JAZZ: RESPITE FOR A WEARY NATION
by Shauna Belknap
Discover the music and African-American musicians that brought
entertainment and enlightenment to a nation desperate for relief |
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THE
ERA OF RADIO: ENTERTAINING A NATION
by Cynthia Becker
Radio brought comedy, drama, news and excitement into the
daily lives of ordinary Americans. Read about the impact it
had on their lives |
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THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: ORSON WELLES
by Jim Cort
Hear the story about the world's most famous "panic broadcast"
that caused thousands of people to believe that Earth was being
invaded by aliens
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MEETING PLUTO: THE NINTH PLANET
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Jay Hammond
Not everything that happened during the Depression was bad.
Learn about the discovery of the ninth planet in our solar system
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HUBBLE: THE MAN BEHIND THE TELESCOPE
by Lin Ho-You
Meet the man whose name graces the world's most powerful telescope
and hear about his accomplishments in the field of astronomy |
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JACKSON
POLLOCK: PAINTING THROUGH AND BEYOND THE GREAT DEPRESSION
by Randi Lynn Mrvos
Splatters and splashes,
swirls and squiggles, and paint poured from cans. This is
how Jackson Pollock painted. Find out how he got his start
and why he ended up being named one of the most influential
American painters of the 20th century
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BLACK TUESDAY: THE CRASH OF 1929
by Bonnie Malmat
Understand how and why one of the biggest stock market crashes
ever happened and why it triggered the Great Depression.
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