1. Economic Conditions
The Crash and the Great Depression- scroll down to Social Problems.
An Outline of American History: The Great Depression
The Great Crash and the Great Slump- economic conditions during the great depression.
2. California / Bunkhouse
About the Gold Rush- from PBS.
The Crash and the Great Depression- scroll down to Social Problems.
Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories, Oakland Museum
Bunkhouse
Of Mice and Men: Student Survival Guide- go to Chapter 2.
EURO-AMERICAN RESETTLEMENT OF THE HANFORD SITE, WASHINGTON- click on Edit, then Find in Page, type bunkhouse, then click find next.
3. Jobs
The Great Depression and the New Deal- from the Library of Congress.
4. Dustbowl
The Dust Bowl- from the University of Colorado.
1930's
Dust Bowl- excerpts from "The Dust Bowl, Men, Dirt and Depression"
by Paul Bonnifield.
5. John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck's World - click on About Steinbeck
6. American Dream 1930's
Culture and Politics in the Great Depression
7. Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie- EMusic biography.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Woody Guthrie- describes influences on his work
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/337.html- "To A Mouse..." by Robert Burns
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