Great Depression for Kids: Hardship and Hope in 1930s America, with 21 Activities
Ocean Joe Louis captures heavyweight champion of the world title 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 limits work for kids under 16 Second Agricultural Adjustment Act is passed helping small farmers and tenant farmers Farm Security Administration created to help migrant workers and farmers who rented land Helen Wills Moody retires from tennis after winning her eighth Wimbledon title 1939 World War II begins in Europe Joe DiMaggio named baseball's Most Valu able Player
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INTRODUCTION THE MYSTERY of the MIGRANT FAMILY ife as a migrant family in 1936 was harsh The woman in the photo Migrant Mother p xii and the two little girls knew just how tough it was The baby would soon learn For over 40 years no one knew much about the family in the photo It was taken by Dorothea Lange who worked in a program that used photographs to tell the stories of migrant families those who moved frequently from place to place to find temporary farming work Dorothea ran across this mother and her children at a camp in California They lived in a tent Other migrant families lived in the camp They took jobs working in the farm fields The nearby fields of peas had been destroyed by cold weather Most workers were moving on to
