Great Depression

Whew! What a day today. Each of the students was given a job, along with a family, salary, and expenses based on the late 1920's-1930's. Each day in class the students will read a newspaper with the news from a different year, based on the information in the newspaper their salary and expenses could be affected.

We started today with 1927. Charles Lindbergh is the first man to fly non stop across the Atlantic Ocean. Ford announces its new automobile - the Model A. Silent movies become more popular. We also listened to some jazz music from the era.

Each day students will journal about their day and answer questions about the newspaper articles. Some students were surprised that they had to pay more for groceries if they had more kids!