Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Memories of the Great Depression
This hands-on lesson combines social studies, language arts, and technology. Fourth grade students begin by researching and collecting information from a variety of sources. Students develop an appreciation of the difficulties endured by...
Digital History
Digital History: The Dispossessed
A brief look at those most affected by the unemployment crisis during the Great Depression. Read about the unemployment of African-Americans, and the deportation of Mexican-Americans.
Social Security Administration
Social Security Online: History: Soup Kitchens
This site provides a black and white photo of men outside of a Depression era soup kitchen, with a brief caption underneath.
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: Public Enemy #1 John Dillinger
Quick introduction to one of the more famous American criminals of the Great Depression. Vivid descriptions of his meteoric rise to fame paint the picture of a man who lived life dangerously.
New Deal Network
New Deal Network: Photo Gallery: Soup Kitchens and Breadlines
Several photographs from the Great Depression depicting people standing in breadlines and at soup kitchens.
University of Washington
University of Washington: Unemployed Citizens League Branches, Seattle
The Unemployed Citizens League (UCL) was formed in Washington as a political organization for the unemployed that the government could not ignore. This google map shows the addresses for the branches of the UCL in Washington.
Other
State of Michigan: What Was Life Like During the Great Depression?
This site contains a lesson plan in which students will interview someone who lived during the Great Depression, and gather information for presentation.
Other
State of Michigan: Reminiscences of the Great Depression
A site with a nice personal touch. Memories from four individuals about their time spent during the Great Depression years in the 1930s.
Other
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: Strip District: Shantytown: Looking Southwest
Photo of a shantytown.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Social and Cultural Effects of the Depression
Read about how the fabric of the nation was changed during the Great Depression. See how the institutions of life--marriage, birth rates, education, public health--all saw disruption because of the compromised economy.
Other
Bonnie & Clyde's Hideout: The Poems of Bonnie Parker
Written one week before their capture, Bonnie Parker penned "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde," a poem she gave to her mother for safe keeping. Read many of her poems here, including the first draft of "Suicidal Sal."
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Great Depression Poverty
Detailed discussion of the effects of poverty and poverty levels during the Great Depression.
Other
Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During Depression
This article documents the lives of thousands of teenagers who took to roaming America during the Great Depression. It includes excerpts from letters they wrote.