Short essay explores the causes and effects of the depression.
More than 100,000 photographs from the Library of Congress collection show the impact of the Depression on America's people.
Timeline shows what was happening to American banks during the era.
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.
An online educational guide to the Roosevelt Administration and the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Take a virtual journey back in time to see how destitute Americans endured poverty, homelessness and fear of the future.
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.
Tells about the federal program employing artists as part of the New Deal. Includes several virtual exhibits of the works created during this era.
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