Michelle+1930s

=//__The 1930s __//=

﻿The 1930's, a period of poorness and starvation, will never be forgotten. Life was hard, there were no devices like today, but new inventions were being reproduced, like cars.




 * People were homeless and jobless, living in shacks made of scrap wood and other junky materials. Most people could not afford to buy toys for their children. All of their money was used for food. Still, many people died of hunger, the unlucky ones. Many shops and businesses closed, making even more people suffer. This all was because of The Great Depression, which was the worst worldwide economic slump in history. To see what people did most of the day, see the videos below. **

[] <---A video showing what life was like in the 1930s

[] <---A video showing the struggling people of the 1930s

__Life __


 * Many people were on the line of their life, rushing to soup kitchen for free meals. Soup and bread made up most meals for ordinary people at this time. Many people struggled to keep themselves from starving as well as their children. Most kids had to help keep their parents house in order. Children still had school, through all the commotion bursting around. Kids still had 12 years of school in the 1930s, just like our modern school systems. School lasted about 8 hours, having a lunch break AT HOME due to the shortness of money and food. Unlike our current schools, schools in the 1930s didn't have a cafeteria, nor food. The dust bowl, a period in which rain did not fall for decades, was the cause. Farmers were the poorest of the poor, having absolutely NO water for their cash crops. This event only affected people in the southern plains, as people who had lived in the northern plains, still had a little rain. Not much, but enough. **
 * This is what most farms looked like. Dusty, dull, and life less. It's a disastrous field of disaster.** [[image:http://stories.mnhs.org/mgg/resources/artifacts/img_view/dust_bowl.jpg width="279" height="158"]]

__Entertainment __


 * Since computers and other hand held devices had not yet been invented in the 1930s, radios were the most commonly used machines for entertainment. Rich people weren't the only ones with radios, poor people had them too! Since technology wasn't full of surprises yet, most entertainment took place on paper. Mickey mouse, made its first appearance in 1930. The first Micky Mouse comics were printed on newspapers, which would be spread trough out the area. No-sound films had made their way to theaters, which were invented in 1933, 3 years after the first pictures of Micky Mouse came out. Soon after mickey mouse came out, things like Superman and Wonder Women **** came out as well. **



__Transportation __

**Because of the invention of cars in 1672, most families had a way of getting around without walking. On cold days, parents drove their child to school, as on warmer days, children walked to school. School was usually 3 or more blocks away, so kids feared making the long walk over, in below-zero tempretures. Cars were pretty expensive, but most families still had them. In 1892, a German man invented the first, diesel-powered truck engine.** **Diesel trucks were used for plowing and planting fields of farm crops, such as grain. Later on, in the 1930s, another man created a diesel-powered car. Over the many years since the first cars made their appearance, their population has boomed. For example, the population of cars from 1995 to the future 2020, will be** __**EnOrMoUs **__**!!!**

**This graph shows the prediction of how much car population will grow.** __**2020 will probably have about 800,000,000 cars in the world.** __

__Did you learn? __


 * Knowing all this information, you should be able the answer the following questions: <span style="background-color: #eeaaaa; color: #808000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">1 <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">, What life-changing events(2) happened in around 1930? <span style="background-color: #eeaaaa; color: #808000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">2 <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">, What was the most common electronic device in 1930? **<span style="background-color: #eeaaaa; color: #808000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">3 **<span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">, What did children do get to school on cold days? **


 * <span style="color: #0cfdc8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">If you can guarantee your answer is 100% correct, __READ THE ARTICLES AGAIN!!!__ Well, hope you stuffed your brain! Have a nice read! **