Impact on family life.
Many men no longer able to be the breadwinner for the family.
Many men resented women who worked.
Thought they were taking their jobs.
Many children left school to earn what little money they could.
These impacts reduced for the working middle classes.
1931: Severe drought begins.
Winds blows top-soil from fields that have been over-ploughed or over-grazed.
Dust blew away in large black clouds in 1933,1934 and 1935.
Dust fell like snow in Chicago, New York and Boston.
Caused an exodus from Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas and the Great Plains.
Over 300,000 people displaced.
Many “Oakies” went to California looking for work.
More information
Library of Congress
Well done to Kade for winning another Who Am I Quiz. And thanks to Jack for being the quiz master this time. Good work fellas.
Here are some links that might save you a bit of typing as you do your Career Pack this Friday.
Occupational Health and Safety Module
I found this interesting and thought you might too.
Living the Prolific Life: A How-to Guide | Zen Habits
This task is due next Friday 23rd of May. You work is on the wiki and that’s where I’ll mark it from.
Your task is to improve this piece. Here are some things you should concentrate on.
Capital letters and spelling. Make sure this is all correct. It makes it easier to read.
Adjectives and descriptions.
Verbs and adverbs. Paint the picture with words
Change the names. You can get quite a different tone by just changing the names of characters.
Adding direct speech. Hearing people speak can bring new life to a story.
Putting in paragraph breaks to improve the flow.
Making sentences either shorter or longer. Read it to yourself and listen for where you think each bit should go.
Adding more detail when it will make it more interesting.
Taking out detail, take away the boring and pointless bits.
For example you might start with this.
On Friday fred and bob left home looking for adventure.
and turn it into this.
It was the sort of Friday where anything seemed like anything in the world could happen but nothing at all was happening. It was the sort of bright, sunny and dull afternoon that made Antonio and Rupert just want to do something really stupid. Or maybe really smart. Just something.
I suggest that you copy this text into Microsoft Word, work on it there and then paste in back into the Wiki when you are finished.
Anyhow here is your starting text.
It was Friday and bob and andy were bored and really wanted something to happen. So they got into the car and drove and after a while they stopped and got something to eat and then they got back into the car again and drove some more until it started to get dark. when it got dark andy said they should pull over and find somewhere to stop but bob wasn’t really sure. they talked about this for a long time. In the end they drove a bit more and finally decided to just sleep in the car.
There was fog the next morning and Andy couldn’t see much but he wanted a little privacy from the road so he walked away from the car for a while. He felt a bit lost as he walked back to the car. He felt really lost when he couldn’t find it at all. All he found was a frog and it looked a bit like bob.
Andy and Frog Bob started walking back towards the last town and andy wasnt sure how far it was. he could have asked Bob but bob was either gone or turned into this frog. Either way he was not being helpful so they just keep on walking. Then he did ask him and the frog just made a sound which made no sense so he didn’t ask Bob any more questions.
In town he saw the car just sitting there and it was still going. As he walked towards it andy had to wait for a car to go past and just as he was going to cross another car went past and then as he was going to cross another one went past which seemed strange in such a quiet town. He got into the car everything seemed fine. He put the fog onto the seat and drove away. He was doing to need a doctor and maybe the police.
If you finished improving this section (and there is plenty of room for improvement) then you might like to write a little more or perhaps an ending. But that’s only for an extension for when you finish improving this piece.
Well done Kade. The correct answer was Sarah Blasko.
I will start a new quiz next week.
Just a quick reminder that the following homeworks tasks are due to be completed soon.
English: Write me a picture. Due this Wednesday.
Geography: One hint in case of a volcanic event. (post this to the forum). Due next Monday.
History: The Lang Plan – DUE NOW.
President Herbert Hoover
Elected 1928
Republican
Did not want the federal government to interfere.
Thought this was an issue for state and local government.
These groups quickly ran out of money.
Hoover’s initial reactions
Increase tariffs by 30%.
Meant to protect local business but just hurt world trade.
Cut government spending by 10%
Raised taxes by 30%
This further slowed economic activity.
More information
White House archives
Unemployment shot up.
1930: 4 million
1933: 14 million
Men jumped freight trains to look for work.
Many people lost their homes
Could not pay mortgage or rent.
Shanty towns called Hoovervilles sprung up all over America.
More information
Hoovervilles @ Wikipedia
Banks
Many small banks folded.
Could not get back the money they lost.
People lost their savings.
1350 banks closed in 1930.
1493 banks closed in 1932.
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected 1932.
Democrat.
Promised US a new deal.
In his first hundred days he;
Closed banks and guaranteed those that could re-open.
Broke the gold standard allowing more money to be printed.
Cut the wages of government employees by 15%
Ended prohibition.
Australia toured England and won all five tests in 1930.
Don Bradman scored 974 runs
An average of 139.14 runs.
An Australian hero for his sporting skill.
More information
Don Bradman Museum
Douglas Jardine, English captain, introduced the bodyline tactic.
Using this tactic England won the 1932 series 4 -1
Outrage in Australia over this “unsportsmanlike” tactic.
Strained relations between Australia and England
Bill Woodfall – “There are two teams out there, one is playing cricket. The other is making no attempt to do so.”
More information
Cricket’s Biggest Moment
1929 – 1931 dominated racing industry.
51 starts, 37 wins. Had 14 wins in a row.
Odds on him very short, some bookmakers refused to take bets on him.
At the time Phar Lap was the third highest stake-winner in the world.
Brought hope, national pride and excitement to people’s lives.
With Gallipoli memories fresh people saw Phar Lap as a noble warrior who never gave up.
Died in America in April 1932
Many people believed he had been poisoned.
More information
Museum of Victoria
Children were hit hardest.
One survey in Melbourne showed 94% had malnutrition or another disease by the age of six.
“Adopt a Child” saw people from wealthy areas sending food and clothes.
Many people lost their housing because they could not afford rent or mortgage payments.
When people lost their homes they relied on family and friends.
Many people ended up in shantytowns.
By 1933 shantytowns housed 400,000 people across Australia.
ACTIVITY
What happens to social life when people lose their homes?
List five points
What would happen to your social interactions if you lost your home?
List 5 points
Demand for food production fell but productive land and sense of community meant life was easier in the country than the city.
Some people reported these years as happy years. People describe;
Solidarity among the poor.
The sharing of resources, and
Improvised leisure activities.
Premier’s Plan – 1931
Reduce government spending by 20%
Cut wages and pensions by 20%
Lower interest rates.
Increase taxation.
Make payments on foreign debts.
Some shifted to the left.
Australian Communist Party formed in 1921 and grew to 3,000 members.
After the Russian Revolution in 1917 people were nervous about communism.
Right wing groups emerged.
All For Australia League.
The New Guard.
The Empire League.
The New Guard
Had many ex-soldiers as members.
Membership peaked at 60,000.
Loyal to the throne of England
All for the British Empire
Suppression of disloyal and immoral elements.
Sometimes used violence
One member, Francis Edward de Groot, opened the Sydney Harbour Bridge early in 1932.
This doesn’t relate particularly to any of the subjects that I am teaching this year but all the same I thought it was interested enough to share.
Why do we so often get risk wrong? The answer begins with the brain.
A fundamental insight of modern psychology is that our judgements are the product of not one mind, but two. There is the conscious mind, of course — the mind that ponders these words and understands how irrational it is to abandon planes for cars in the name of safety. The conscious mind perceives itself to be in sole control, but this is a cognitive illusion.
Think before you leap – Opinion – theage.com.au
