https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx en-us 2021-01-19 19:43:41 UTC 2021-01-19 22:30:47 UTC hello@padlet.com mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103291469 The Great depression had a powerful impact on everyone, especially on families and they're lifestyles. The depression forced couples to delay marriage and drove the birthrate below the replacement level for the first time in American history.]]> 2021-01-19 20:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103291469 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103306625 But rates of desertion soared. By 1940, 1.5 million married women were living apart from their husbands. More than 200,000 vagrant children wandered the country as a result of the breakup of their families. ]]> 2021-01-19 20:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103306625 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103311347 https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/children_depression/depression_children_menu.cfm
https://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/525 ]]> 2021-01-19 20:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103311347 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103334031 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtUjpUW09qc 
Children that lived during the great depression had to grow up fast and help support the family. They worked part or full-time, and most had to drop out of school to provide for they’re families.]]> 2021-01-19 20:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103334031 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103338114 https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197402
During the Great Depression songs provided a way for people to complain of lost jobs and impoverished circumstances. Songs could also be used to raise people's spirits and give them hope for better times.]]> 2021-01-19 20:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103338114 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103342882 Economically, many children worked both inside and outside the home; girls babysat or cleaned house, boys hustled papers or shined shoes, and both ran errands and picked crops. Yet the scarcity of jobs led record numbers of children to remain in school longer.]]> 2021-01-19 20:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103342882 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103348889 Politically, the state began to play a larger role in children’s lives. The federal government established day-care centers, supplied school lunches, built playgrounds, swimming pools, and ball fields. The 1935 Social Security Act provided aid for rural, disabled, and dependent children, while the Civilian Conservation Corps and National Youth Administration created jobs and educational opportunities for teens. ]]> 2021-01-19 20:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103348889 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103353417 Culturally, young people became a distinct market for comic books featuring Superman and other superheroes, movies starring child stars like Shirley Temple and Mickey Rooney, and Disney cartoons introducing Mickey Mouse and the Three Little Pigs, whose theme song, “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf” became an anthem of the era.]]> 2021-01-19 20:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103353417 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103356539 https://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/525 https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/children_depression/depression_children_menu.cfm
Chart/graph/infographic: https://sites.google.com/a/sheboyganfalls.k12.wi.us/brianna-alex-and-tyson-s-living-histories-project/statistics
Photograph: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156728/Long-lost-Depression-era-photos-capture-everyday-life-destitute-Americans.html
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197402/ ]]> 2021-01-19 20:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103356539 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103358326 The Depression had a powerful impact on family life. It forced couples to delay marriage and drove the birthrate below the replacement level for the first time in American history.]]> 2021-01-19 20:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103358326 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103359360 Rates of desertion soared along with rates of abandonment. By 1940, 1.5 million married women were living apart from their husbands. More than 200,000 vagrant children wandered the country as a result of the breakup of their families. ]]> 2021-01-19 20:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103359360 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103362999 During the Great Depression songs provided a way for people to complain of lost jobs and impoverished circumstances. Songs could also be used to raise people's spirits and give them hope for better times.]]> 2021-01-19 20:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103362999 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103368102 The graph above shows how many children were born during the Great Depression.  The rate was low during this time because not many families could afford to have more kids.  Money was scarce during the depression so they wanted to save as much as possible and not use it on another child.
Link to graph in sources.]]> 2021-01-19 20:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103368102 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103381445 The picture shown details children of a migrant fruit worker in Berrien County, Michigan.
Link to picture in sources.]]> 2021-01-19 20:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103381445 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103387801 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtUjpUW09qc 
Children that lived during the great depression had to grow up fast and help support the family. They worked part or full-time, and most had to drop out of school to provide for they’re families.]]> 2021-01-19 20:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103387801 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103395984 Economically, many children worked both inside and outside the home; girls babysat or cleaned house, boys hustled papers or shined shoes, and both ran errands and picked crops. Yet the scarcity of jobs led record numbers of children to remain in school longer.]]> 2021-01-19 20:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103395984 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103397304 Socially, high school became a typical teenage experience for the first time. A record 65 percent of teens attended high school in 1936; they spent the better part of their days together, forming their own cliques and looking to each other for advice and approval. Thus arose the idea of a separate, teenage generation. ]]> 2021-01-19 20:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103397304 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103401516 Politically, the state began to play a larger role in children’s lives. The federal government established day-care centers, supplied school lunches, built playgrounds, swimming pools, and ball fields. The 1935 Social Security Act provided aid for rural, disabled, and dependent children, while the Civilian Conservation Corps and National Youth Administration created jobs and educational opportunities for teens.]]> 2021-01-19 20:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103401516 mercedesprentice0 https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103402551 Culturally, young people became a distinct market for comic books featuring Superman and other superheroes, movies starring child stars like Shirley Temple and Mickey Rooney, and Disney cartoons introducing Mickey Mouse and the Three Little Pigs, whose theme song, “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf” became an anthem of the era.]]> 2021-01-19 21:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mercedesprentice0/1j16ohalh17r3icx/wish/1103402551