Hello ladies,
This lesson we are going to be looking into the historical and social context for the novel we are going to be studying this term.
Your task for this lesson is to use laptops to research your given topic and comment on this post with the information you have found.
Rules:
-You may not copy and paste huge chunks from sources like Wikipedia.
- Make sure you read through the information carefully and understand it. Re-write it in your own words if necessary.
- Some of the topics may be different for men, women and families. Or people in cities differently rather than in rural areas. Make sure your research covers these different demographics.
- Can you find any statistics?
- Find an image you think suits your research to accompany your post.
You must post your responses by the end of the lesson.
Good luck.
Mr Brown
The Wall Street Crash
ReplyDeleteWhen the Wall Street stock market crashed in October 1929, (also known as Black Tuesday) the world economy was plunged into the Great Depression. By the winter of 1932, America was in the depths of the greatest economic depression in its history.
The number of unemployed people reached upwards of 13 million. Many people lived in primitive conditions close to famine. Between 1 and 2 million people travelled the country desperately looking for work. Signs saying 'No Men Wanted' were displayed all over the country.
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Natasha Annie
Farmers in the Great Depression
ReplyDeleteThe great depression influenced life radically in America – farmers were particularly affected.
Children who grew up during the Great Depression said "No one had any money. We were all in the same boat." Neighbours helped each other through bad times, illness, and mishaps. Farm families got together with friends at school programs, church dinners, or dances. Children and adults managed to enjoy themselves without having to pay money, including playing board games, listening to the radio, or going to outdoor films in town.
When crops were destroyed by swarms of insects, drought or high temperatures, farmers had to look for jobs to pay for living expenses elsewhere. Most young adults built bridges or roads, but many moved away as they felt there was no hope left. By 1940, the normal rains returned and the government help by improving the soil and boosted farm prices. Also, farmhouses got electricity so life became less hard.
By Sophie & Emma
Wall Street Crash 1929:
ReplyDelete• The Wall Street Stock Market crashed in October 1929
• By winter of 1932 America was in the midst of the greatest economic depression in history
• The number of unemployed people reached to 13 million people
• Many people were close to famine
• More than 1,00 people lived in shacks made from metal and boxes
• 1 and 2 million people travelled around the country looking for work
• By November 1932 , it was not safe for the president, Herbert Hoover , to go out into the streets.
• The American economy did not fully recover until the USA enter WW2 in December 1941
Zoe and Summer
Farmers in the great depression
ReplyDeleteWhat is it?
The Great Depression was an immense tragedy that placed millions of Americans out of work and was the beginning of government involvement in the economy and in society as a whole. The US was thrown into despair on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, the day the stock market crashed and the official beginning of the Great Depression. Masses and masses of people tried to sell their stock, but no one was buying.
Anika and Olivia
72John Ernst Steinbeck; 27/02/1902 – 20/10/1968; was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden and the novel Of Mice and Men. He was born in Salinas, California.
ReplyDeleteHe was part German, Irish and English.
John Steinbeck graduated from high school then wrote a number of books.
In 1962, Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for literature for his "realistic and imaginative writing, combining as it does sympathetic humor and keen social perception." The selection was criticized, and described as "one of the Academy's biggest mistakes" in a Swedish newspaper.
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John Steinbeck was born in the farming town of Salinas, California on 27 February 1902. He came from a well off family, but he was interested in the lives of working class people.He worked his way through college at Stanford University but never graduated. He published some stories and social novels which were maily based on his experiences. He started off with earthly humour and then went on to writing about social criticsm.
ReplyDeleteA sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
ReplyDelete"Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play"
Later Life
Following that great success, Steinbeck served as a war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune during World War II. He also travelled to Mexico to collect marine life with his friend Edward F. Ricketts, a marine biologist. Their collaboration resulted in the book Sea of Cortez, which describes the marine life in the Gulf of California.
In the last 25 years of his life Steinbeck wrote books including Cannery Row, Burning Bright, East of Eden, The Winter of Our Discontent, and Travels with Charley: In Search of America. In 1962 Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He died of heart disease on December 20, 1968, in his New York City home.
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kiran and kathryn
The Roaring 20’s
ReplyDeleteAmerica entered the age of consumerism where people had money to spend on consumer goods.
This spending stimulated industry and business, leading to massive changes in entertainment and leisure.
Fashion for women changed, bringing in bobbed hair, shorter skirts, make-up and cigarettes. These women were known as flappers.
Certain women won the right to vote, and new laws meant that women could now file for divorce.
However, more than 60% of Americans lived below the poverty line.
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John Steinbeck was an American writer born in February 27th 1902 and died December 20th 1968. He was born in Salinas, California. His father was a treasurer, and his mother a teacher. His mother also shared his passion for reading and writing. He and his family where members of the Episcopal Church, even though later on in life he became agnostic. John lived on a small rural village, and worked in the ranches in the summer, and then later on through the year he would work with he worked on Spreckles ranch with migrant workers. These experiences strongly influenced his later work such as his book of Mice and Men, because working there gave him a deeper, much darker insight into the life of the migrant workers.
ReplyDeleteHe wrote the famous Novels Of Mice and Men, East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath. He won a Nobel Prize for his 27 books, including 16 novels, 6 non-fiction books and finally, 5 short stories. He received his Nobel Prize in 1962. His first book, published in 1929 was called Cup of Gold. His last book published before his death was Americans and Americans, this was published in 1966, two years before his death.
Ayshah and Issy.
Wall Street Crash
ReplyDeleteWhen the Wall Street stock market crashed in October 1929, the world economy was plunged into the Great Depression. By the winter of 1932, America was in the depths of the greatest economic depression in its history.
The number of unemployed people reached up to 13 million. Many people lived in basic conditions, where it was easy to catch diseases by rats and other animals. Between 1 and 2 million people travelled the country desperately looking for work. Signs saying 'No Men Wanted' were displayed all over the country.
Many children were deserted and left homeless during the Depression
By the time of the next election in November 1932, the Prime Minister, Hoover's popularity had reached rock bottom. It was not even safe for him to go onto the streets to campaign. After his heavy defeat, Hoover told his friends, "we are at the end of our string... there is nothing more we can do". The American economy did not fully recover until the USA entered the Second World War in December 1941.
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Causes of the Wall Street crash and Depression
1. As early as 1926, there were signs that the boom was under threat - this was seen in the collapse of land prices in Florida.
2. Eventually, there were too many goods being made and not enough people buying them.
3. Farmers had produced too much food in the 1920s, so prices for their produce became too cheap for them to earn enough.
4. There were too many small banks - these banks did not have enough funds to cope with the sudden rush to take out savings, which happened in the autumn, 1929.
5. The Wall Street Crash of October 1929 effected many people in a psychological way.
6. America had lent huge sums of money to European countries. When the stock market collapsed, they suddenly recalled those loans. This had a devastating impact on the European economy.
7. The collapse of European banks caused a general world financial crisis.
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Chloe Harris
Migrant Workers in the Great Depression
ReplyDeleteThe basic definition of a migrant worker is someone who drifts from place to place looking for any kind of job. When the great depression hit so many people lost jobs and the migrant workers were serverly effected because they were not able to find jobs wherever they went.
Shannon, Beth, Eli and Rachel
The roaring 20's
ReplyDeleteThe roaring 20's was a time when business was booming and people were developing a taste for a new lifestyle. Modern music was developing as a result of the media (radio, records and films). Also jazz music became more popular and so did musicians such as Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith.
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The Roaring 20’s
ReplyDeleteThe Roaring 20’s is better known as the 1920s the time before the great depression. During the 1920’s music, art deco and fashion where at their peak .Also there where many economic breakthroughs, for example automobiles, moving pictures, telephones and electricity. Businesses where making lots of money because people had the money to buy things. There were also significant changes to lifestyle and culture due to the aftermath of world war one and a thirst for a new lifestyle. Jazz music became popular and jazz players became more famous.
Jade
A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a huge loss of paper wealth. Crashes are driven by panic and by underlying economic factors. On 3rd September 1929 the stock market reached an all-time high. In the weeks that followed prices began to decline. Then on 24th October, over 12,894,650 shares were sold. Prices fell dramatically as sellers tried to find people willing their shares. That evening, five of the country's bankers, led by Charles Edward Mitchell, chairman of the National City Bank, issued a statement saying that due to the heavy selling of shares, many were now under-priced. This statement failed to halt the reduction in demand for shares. On 29th October, over 16 million shares were sold. The market had lost 47 per cent of its value in twenty-six days
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