Life during the Great Depression


At the start of the march, Noel Counihan 1932

Introduction

The Task

The Process
...Timelines

Presentation

Evaluation

Role 3 - A travelling worker - swagman or hobo

Your experiences and knowledge make you the group expert on the difficulties of finding work and living on the road.

Select from the references listed below. You will need to read from each in order to develop your character and the ideas this character will have on Life during the Great Depression.


Fiction and Biography
Disher, Gary. The bamboo flute. DISH
Facey, A.B. A fortunate life. FACE
Masson, Mick. Surviving the dole years : a personal story. 994.02 MAS
Steinbeck, John. Of mice and men. STEI
Steinbeck, John. The grapes of wrath. STEI

Non-Fiction
Louis, J.L. ed., The depression of the 1930's, 994.042 DEP
O'Brien, Terry. From the source 2 : the depression in Australia. 994.042 OBR

Specific Web sites
A Fortunate Life
A History of Marrar 1979 Part 9
Sliding into the Great Depression
Depression and Crisis - 1930 - 1939