This link provides first-hand accounts fom people who survived the Dust Bowl.
The Dust Bowl: Huge
massive storms of dust caused by bad farming practices, drought, and
made worse by depression. These dust storms continue today but
fortunately not in the same frequency or strength.
The storms
have left their mark on the geographic region known as the Plains. One of these marks is on the music of the
region. The single podcast “The Dust Bowl’s Musical Legacy” provides a
musical journey into understanding the impact on people and
music. To download the podcast go to Texas
Tech’s iTunes website, click on "Texas Tech on iTunes", then
"Performing Arts."
GREAT DEPRESSION
Publisher - Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Publishing Date - 2004
Interest Level - 7-Adult
From the collapse of the stock market on October 29, 1929-Black Tuesday-to the many federal initiatives designed to revive the faltering U.S. economy, this program offers an insightful overview of life during the Great Depression. The presidential administrations of Herbert Hoover and FDR; the New Deals and their effects on labor, conservation, and cultural life; the Dust Bowl; and the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act are discussed. Correlates to standards from the National Council for the Social Studies. A viewable/printable instructor's guide is available online. (31 minutes)
GREAT DEPRESSION & THE NEW DEAL
Publisher - Schlessinger Media
Author - Payer Hollis
Publishing Date - 1996
Interest Level - 5-12
Depicts the Great Depression focusing on what caused it and how it affected the stock market, and offers information on the New Deal, the second New Deal, the rising power of unions, the welfare state, and more. (35 minutes)
CAUSES AND CRISES : LIFE AFTER THE CRASH
Publisher - Sunburst Visual Media
Publishing Date - 2003
Interest Level - 6-12
Provides an introduction to the events leading up to the Great Depression. Focuses on the changes in the lifestyles of the middle class, children, and minority groups.
FROM THE GREAT WAR TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Publisher - Discovery Education
Publishing Date - 2005
ISBN - 9781595275202
Interest Level - 6-12
Examines the United States during the early 1900s including the nation's involvement in World War I and the Roaring Twenties that followed. Describes how changing attitudes led to the development of jazz and how temperance laws created an opportunity for organized crime during Prohibition
GREAT DEPRESSION
Publisher - Goldhil Entertainment
Publishing Date - 2007
ISBN - 9781594432859
Interest Level - 7-12
Examines the "Great Depression" in the United States, and includes Hoover's attempts to stop the poor economy and Roosevelt's "New Deal" proposal, and how it offers relief and recovery.
GREAT DEPRESSION
Publisher - Sunburst Visual Media
Publishing Date - 2001
Interest Level - 4-8
Provides historical overviews of the Great Depression that followed the stock market crash of 1929 and then asks questions based on the information provided.
GREAT DEPRESSION
Publisher - The History Channel
Author - Jonathon Towers
Interest Level - 7-Adult
Shows footage of the 1932 "Bonus Match" in Washington, D.C. Also examines how the approach of World War II did what all the protests failed to do--end the Great Depression.
Probably one of the most famous images of the Great Depression