The Great Depression Webquest
Directions: Bud, Not Buddy takes place during the Great Depression. We will learn more about the Great Depression by completing a webquest. Click on the links to learn more and respond to the questions below them. Record your responses on a Google document entitled "The Great Depression Webquest" and share it with me. Be sure to include your name on the document and respond in complete sentences.
A http://www.scholastic.com/teachdearamerica/depression.htm
1) What caused the Great Depression?
B. http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/photos#
2) Name 3 things people were waiting in line for.
3) A subsistence level is the bare minimum of basic needs that a family requires to survive. What percentage of American families were living below this level?
C. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpfY8kh5lUw&feature=related
Answers found in 5:36-6:11
4) Describe the houses that some families lived in.
5) What were the homeless called?
6) What were these families and homeless people looking for?
Answers found in 10:21 – 11:00
7) What did children do if they wanted to play a game like baseball? Why?
Answers found in 11:20 to 12:30
8) What happened to the narrator’s father’s job? How does he describe people’s clothig
9) Instead of buying food, what did the children in this particular story do? Why?
10) Extra Credit: Before the State and Federal governments provided assistance, who was providing relief to Americans?