Category Index of Great Depression

Click2History - The Great Depression
Take a virtual journey back in time to see how destitute Americans endured poverty, homelessness and fear of the future.

Documenting America
More than 100,000 photographs from the Library of Congress collection show the impact of the Depression on America's people.

Dust Bowl Web Quest
Cooperative activity which requires students to write a piece of historical fiction based on what they have learned about the dustbowl and the Great Depression.

FDIC Learning Bank: The 1930s
Timeline shows what was happening to American banks during the era.

New Deal Network
An online educational guide to the Roosevelt Administration and the Great Depression of the 1930s.

The American Experience: Riding the Rails
At the height of the era, more than 250,000 teenagers were living on the road in America. This site tells the stories of ten of them -- from the reasons they left home to what they experienced. From PBS.

War, Prosperity and Depression
Short essay explores the causes and effects of the depression.

We Made Do - Recalling The Great Depression
Ongoing high school project contains oral histories, period photographs and e-mailed contributions of viewers who have taken time to share their memories of living in this period of economic upheaval.