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Library of Congress resources for teachers. Presentations and Activities ... Presentations and activities offer media-rich historical context or interactive opportunities for exploration for teachers and students alike. ... Note: The Library of Congress teacher resources have a new home. Learn more >>
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memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/depwwii/dustbowl...
memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/depwwii/dustbowl/dustbowl.html
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These images were created by the New Deal program, the Farm Security Administration (originally the Resettlement Administration) in order to document the hardships of farm workers during the Great Depression. ... Dwelling for migrant workers: Belle Glade, Florida (1939)
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www.floridamemory.com/photographiccollection/photo_exhi...
www.floridamemory.com/photographiccollection/photo_exhibits/migrant/
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At no other time was this more important than during the Great Depression, when millions looked to Washington for relief, jobs, and money that would return the country to prosperity. ... Both programs addressed the issues of farm tenancy and migrant workers, and because of this they generated a substantial amount of...
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www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/gdweb.htm
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The growers were able to play them off against anglos and other immigrant workers, especially during the depression years of the 1870's and early 1900's - when Asian workers were blamed for taking away jobs from "Americans." The result was racist laws excluding the Chinese (1882) and Japanese (1920) from the U.S.
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www.farmworkers.org/strugcal.html
www.farmworkers.org/strugcal.html
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Photograph of a Man Washing His Hands During the Great Depression ... Migrant Family Living in a Tent; ... Unemployed Workers Marching in New Jersey;
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history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyindexdepressio...
history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyindexdepression.htm
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In years of good crops a thin stream of migrant families works its way northward with the berry crops from the Gulf to Lake Michigan, ... The range is, perhaps from 10,000 to 20,000. Fluctuations from year to year are great. Depression, for varied reasons has greatly reduced this migration during the past 6 years,
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newdeal.feri.org/misc/taylor.htm
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In this photograph, a family gathers outside their "home" in California, a typical shack in a camp of Mexican and Mexican American migrant farm workers during the 1930s' Great Depression. The walls and roofs of the shack are patched together from different materials, reminiscent of the quote above.
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museumca.org/picturethis/3_2.html
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Photographs Of The Great Depression--Photos are arranged by topic--Dust Storms, Farms For Sale, Relocating: On The Road, Migrant Workers, Women and Children, Life During the Depression, Unemployed, Breadlines and Soup Kitchens, and Civilian Conservation Corps .
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www.tms.riverview.wednet.edu/lrc/great%20depression.htm
www.tms.riverview.wednet.edu/lrc/great%20depression.htm
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