great depression, 1929-1939

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict the life of a builder working in New York City during the Great Depression to help build the Empire State Building.

Presents a brief overview of the Great Depression, providing information on the economic realities of failed businesses, banks closed, and people without work, and includes information on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's policy called "a new deal.".

During the Great Depression, Marshall, an African American boy, uses lessons learned in arithmetic class and guidance from his mother to figure out how many beans are in a jar in order to win her a new sewing machine in a contest.

A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

Presents a history of the United States from 1929 when the stock market crashed to 1938. Includes illustrations and side-bars.

In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida.

In 1939, unable to find jobs because of the Great Depression, friends Cal Chin and Barney Young join the Chinese American basketball team.

Describes the events leading up to the Great Depression and Roosevelt's plan for relief, recovery, and reform.

Examines the reasons for the Great Depression, the events that happened during that period, and some of its tragic consequences.

Describes daily life for Americans during the Great Depression, as well as some of the lasting changes that occurred such as the increased power of the federal government and technological and cultural innovations.