great depression, 1929-1939

During the Great Depression, Jack helps his mother make cookies for the needy at their church, learns the story of how the first Christmas cookies were used to spread the gospel to people who could not read, then finds a way to bring that story to life.

Contains source documents and illustrations that provide information about the Great Depression, covering the causes of the stock market crash, conditions during the Depression, Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, and the struggle for survival. Includes critical-thinking questions.

A variety of people who lived through the Great Depression describe their memories of that time.

Describes the economic chaos that followed the 1929 stock market crash and gripped America and Europe throughout the 1930s.

Chronicles the stock market crash of 1929, what led to it, the Great Depression that followed, and measures that were taken to prevent another such crash.

In 1933 Cincinnati, Kit is an enthusiastic baseball player whose home run slide has surprising consequences. Includes historical notes on major league baseball and the Cincinnati Reds in the 1930s and provides ideas for decorating a baseball cap.

Describes what it was like to live in the Great Plains during the 1930s and discusses how dry weather and dust storms affected the area.

In the summer of 1936, Tony runs away from his home above his family's Italian restaurant in Chicago, while in Berlin David is present at the Olympics and prepares to move to America.

Twelve-year-old Petey Williamson, secure in the knowledge that his father has a job, learns that things can change very quickly when the Depression hits and his family begins sliding into poverty.

Doris's worries multiply in 1931 when her mother loses her job and her brother Douglas gets in trouble with the law, but she finds reason to hope when a young friend claims he saw her runaway father working in a nearby town.