The Great Depression /

McDaniel, Melissa, 1964-

The Great Depression / Making Meaning : Grade 5 Unit 7 Alternate title by Melissa McDaniel. - 64 pages : illustrations (some color) . color map ; 24 cm. - Center for the Collaborative Classroom : Making Meaning ; Grade 5 Unit 7 Alternate title . - Cornerstones of freedom. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 61) and index.

Setting the scene : The roaring twenties -- the crash of 1929 -- Struggling to get by -- From bad to worse -- The New Deal -- Map of the events : what happened where-- The story continues : the end of the depression.

Presents an introduction to the Great Depression of the 1930s discussing the economic boom of the 1920s to the depressions conclusion during World War II, how Americans survived after losing their jobs and what the United States government did to combat the effects of the depression.

6.7 3-6 880L Lexile

9780531230565 (lib. bdg.) 9780531281567 (pbk.) 9780329954932 (Follett bdg.) 0531230562 0531281566 0329954938 9780605567658

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Depressions--United States--1929--Juvenile literature.
New Deal, 1933-1939--Juvenile literature.
Depressions--United States.--1929
New Deal, 1933-1939.
Great Depression, 1929-1939.


United States--History--1933-1945--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--1919-1933--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--1933-1945.
United States--History--1919-1933.

E806 / .M426 2013

973.91 MCD