| Friday, December 19, 2008 |
| The Great Depression...=[.. |
1. People during the depression had a lot of idle time and they didn't know what to do with it.
2. Flagpole and tree sitting, six day bicycle races, and marathon dancing were just a few things they did to pass the time.
3. Everybody seemed to prosper during the postwar years.
4. The economy was growing rapidly so investors were making a fortune in the stock market.
5. New technologies were also creating new jobs.
• Why were experienced trades men finding work?
• Why were most skilled workers finding it difficult to stay employed for long?
• How did people find food during these hard times?
• Did they start to steal from the groceries?
Commodity (noun) - something useful or valued (pg#89)
Eviction (noun) - to put (a tenant) out by legal process (pg#102)
Jest (noun) - a ludicrous circumstance or incident (pg#104)
Because the economy was down sizing many people were forced to life off of their live savings, if they had any. |
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| Books I Want to Read |
Get me one of these books and I'll be your loyal friend for life (see below for my email address if you're actually considering the idea - not that I'm expecting you to)...
- Dante's Inferno
- Mansfield Park
- Midnight Sun
- Macbeth
- Incarceron
- Northanger Abbey
- Flowers in the Attic
- The Age of Innocence
- Emma
- Cather in the Rye
- Bombs on Aunt Dainty
- The Silver Kiss
- Pride & Prejudice
- Midnight's Choice
- Tuck Everlasting
- 1984
- Wild Blood
- Persuasion
- The Notebook
- Stone from the River
- Light in August
- Sense & Sensibility
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