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﻿The 1930s, Great Depression, and Of Mice and Men By Dorothea Lange, Image edited [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

= Introduction = In preparation for reading //Of Mice and Men//, you will be examining the time period of the book. The following links provide access to credible, relevant resources about the 1930s including the Great Depression, presidents' Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the New Deal.

Remember...The best research comes from a variety of different sources in a variety of different formats.

You will be split into groups of about 4 people. Each group will be assigned one of the following topics:


 * The Great Depression
 * Culture of the 1930's
 * Women in the 1930's
 * The Dustbowl
 * Migrant Workers
 * History of the 1930's

Please look carefully through the resources and databases made available to you to find information about your topic. Remember, in each of these databases, you can **search key words about the topic your group was assigned**. You should **take notes on your topic** as you are researching. At the end of this activity, each group will make a poster, detailing the main points of their research topic to present to the rest of the class.

Books

 * [|Williamsville North High School Library Catalog]
 * Search Subjects:
 * //Great Depression, 1929- 1939//
 * //Depressions, 1929//
 * //Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882- 1945//
 * //Nineteen thirties//
 * //New Deal, 1933- 1939//

**Academic Databases** (Mrs. Grossman's favorites)

 * [|Gale U.S. History in Context] (Search "Great Depression" - Includes video, images, audio, reference, news, magazines, academic journals, and primary sources)
 * Password: empirelink
 * Follow links to related topics:
 * //[|1930s]//
 * //[|Herbert Hoover]//
 * //[|Franklin D. Roosevelt]//
 * //[|Dust Bowl]//
 * //[|New Deal and the Second New Deal]//
 * [|Annals of American History] (Includes Primary source material)
 * Username: williamnorth, Password: student
 * // Search: //
 * // Great Depression //
 * // Franklin D. Roosevelt //
 * // Herbert Hoover //
 * // New Deal //
 * // Migrant Farm Workers //

** More Images **

 * __[|Migrant Labor Camp Photographs from the Harry Everett Drobish Papers, 1935-1936]__
 * [|**America from the Great Depression to World War II**]

** More Videos **
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 * === ﻿[|America In the 20th Century: The Great Depression, America In the 20th Century, (Media Rich Learning), 27:18 min.] ===
 * Username: wnhs
 * Password: library

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** More WebSites and Portals **

 * General Information: **
 * [|America in the 1930s]
 * [|History Channel: the 1930's]


 * History:**
 * [|FDR's Address on Agricultural Adjustment Act]
 * [|New Deal Network: A Guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s]
 * [|National New Deal Preservation Association]
 * [|New Deal Network]
 * [|The White House - The Presidents] (Click 31. Herbert Hoover and 32. Franklin D. Roosevelt)
 * [|Franklin D. Roosevelt: American Heritage Center]
 * History of the 1930's


 * The Great Depression:**
 * [|The Great Depression and the Arts: A Unit of Study for Grades 8-12]
 * [|Great Depression and World War II]
 * [|Great Depression for Students (Library of Congress)]


 * Culture:**
 * [|1930's Popular Culture]
 * [|Digital History: Culture of the 1930's]
 * [|Movies of the 1930's]
 * [|Fashion of the 1930's]


 * Dust Bowl and Migrant Workers:**
 * Migrant Workers
 * [|Living History: Migrant Workers]
 * Living History: The Dust Bowl
 * [|PBS: Surviving the Dust Bowl]


 * Women in the 1930's:**
 * [|Discovery: Women in the 1930's]
 * [|Women's History: 1930's]
 * [|American Women through time 1930-1939]

Created by Mrs. Grossman and Ms. Chamot, 1/2011