The document discusses the Great Depression in the United States from 1929 to 1940, covering various states including Texas, Iowa, California, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. It includes optional role assignments for a group project and references multiple images related to the historical context of the period, highlighting the struggles of unemployment and poverty. Several sources of photographs document the daily realities of those affected by the Depression.

1. The Great Depression
in the United States
1929 to 1940
Texas

2. Iowa

3. California

4. Oklahoma

5. Chicago

6. Kentucky

7. North Carolina

8. The following role assignments are
optional but you can use these as a
guide to help divide the work:
• Writer
• Director
• Lighting manager
• Costume department
• Prop master
• Sound engineer
• Promotional designer

9. California

10. North Carolina

11. Oklahoma

12. Good luck!

13. Image References
Bourke-White. M. (1937). African American’s standing in front
of Highest Stand of Living billboard [men and women in
Louisville, Kentucky, line up seeking food and clothing from a
relief station, in front of a billboard proclaiming, "World's
Highest Standard of Living."]. Retrieved April 12, 2014 from
http://life.time.com/behind-the-picture/the-american-way-
photos-from-the-great-ohio-river-flood-of-1937/#1
Family on highway [Family walking on highway, five children].
(1938). Retrieved April 12, 2014 from
http://historyinphotos.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html

14. Image References
Lange.D. (1935) Philipinos cutting lettuce [Picking crops in
California]. Retrieved April 12, 2014 from
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm
Lange.D. (March 1937). Line-up of Unemployed, [Man leaning
on wall waiting for the semi-monthly relief check at Calipatria,
Imperial valley California]. Retrieved April 12, 2014 from
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm
Lange.D. (1938). Line-up of Unemployed, [Part of the daily
lineup outside the State Employment Service Office, Memphis,
Tennessee]. Retrieved April 12, 2014 from
http://www.americansuburbx.com/2013/04/dorothea-lange-in-
the-face-of-all-odds-dorothea-langes-psychological-studies-of-
the-depressions-disenfranchised-1986.html

15. Image References
Lee.R. (March 1939). Squatters in Texas [Squatters in scrap
metal home in San Antonio Texas]. Retrieved April 12, 2014
from
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.h
tm
Rothstein, A. (1936) A farmer and his two sons during a dust
storm. Retrieved April 12, 2014 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl
Tony Award Medallion. [An official 1983 publicity photograph
of the Antoinette Perry Award medallion, popularly known as
the "Tony Award"]. (1983). Retrieved April 12, 2014 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award

16. Image References
Unemployed men queued outside a depression soup kitchen
opened in Chicago by Al Capone, 02-1931-NARA-541927.
[Unemployed men queued outside a depression soup kitchen
opened in Chicago by Al Capone] (February 1931). Retrieved April
12, 2014 from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unemployed_men_queued_
outside_a_depression_soup_kitchen_opened_in_Chicago_by_Al_C
apone,_02-1931_-_NARA_-_541927.jpg
Vachon, J. (April 1940). Boys at a mission soup kitchen [Young boys
at a city mission is Dubuque, Iowa]. Retrieved April 12, 2014 from
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.ht
m
Wolcott. M.P (November 1939). Corn shucking on farm near Fred
Wilkins place, Granville County, North Carolina. Retrieved April 12,
2014 from
http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa199801
4003/PP