Great Depression Worksheets Portrait

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Calendar

Name ______________________________ ____

Fact: The Great Depression started on October 29, 1929. It was the day that the stock market crashed. People lost a lot of money. This day was called Black Tuesday.

1. October 29, 1929 was when people lost a lot of ______________________.

2. What month did the Great Depression start? ________________________

3. What date did the Great Depression start? _________________________

4. Find October 29 on the calendar. Write Depression in the square.

Patterns

Name _________________________

Directions: 1. Cut out the pictures at the bottom of the page. 2. Glue pictures to match the pattern.

Grammar

Name _________________________

Directions: 1. Fill in the blank with the words did not. 2. Rewrite the sentence .

1. The workers _______________ have a job .

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2. The people _______________ have much money.

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3. The people _______________ buy things.

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4. Many people _______________ have money for rent.

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5. Many people _______________ have a place to live.

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Yes/No

Name _________________________

Directions: Answer Yes or No to the following questions.

Did people have a lot of money during the Depression?

________

Were most people rich during the Depression? ________

Did a lot of stores and factories go out of business? ________

Did hobos jump on trains? ________

Did people buy a lot of things in stores during the Depression?

________

Multiple Choice

Name _________________________

Directions: Circle the correct answer. You can use the book to find an answer. The page number is next to the question.

1) What was the day the stock market crashed called? (page 1) A: Black Tuesday B: Black Thursday C: Blue Tuesday

2) What happened to a lot of stores and factories? (page 4) A: stayed open B: went out of business C: were busy

3) What happened to workers when stores and factories closed? (page 5) A: unemployed B: rich C: Happy

4) Who jumped onto trains without paying? (page 7) A: teachers B: firemen

C: hobos

5) Where did poor people get free food? (page 8) A: stores B: soup kitchens

C: restaurants

Sentence Scramble

Name _________________________

Directions: Unscramble the words to make a sentence. The word(s) in bold is the first word(s) in the sentence.

People poor were the during Depression

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Many factories stores and closed

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Many were people unemployed

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Many hungry were people

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Short Answer

Name _________________________

Directions: 1. Fill in the blanks with the word in bold. 2. Rewrite the sentence.

People were unemployed.

People were _________________________.

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People were poor.

People were _________________________.

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People were hungry.

People were _________________________.

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Timeline Level 1

Name _________________________

The Great Depression Timeline

Directions:

1. Cut out each picture. 2. Glue each picture in the correct order.

Stores and factories went out of business

Workers were unemployed

People were poor and hungry

People got free food at soup kitchens.

Timeline Level 2

Name ____________________________ __

The Great Depression Timeline

Directions:

1. Cut out each picture. 2. Glue each picture in the correct order.

Stores and factories went out of business

soup kitchens

Workers were unemployed

poor and hungry

People were poor and hungry

unemployed

People got free food at soup kitchens

out of business

Timeline Level 3

Name ____________________________ __

The Great Depression Timeline

Directions:

1. Cut out each picture. 2. Glue each picture on the timeline.

Stores and factories went out of business

Workers were unemployed

People were poor and hungry

People got free food at soup kitchens

WH Level 1

Name _________________________

Directions: Glue the picture card into the correct box.

When

What

October 29, 1929

jobs

Where

Who

soup kitchens

Herbert Hoover

WH Level 2

Name _________________________

Directions: Glue the picture card into the correct box.

Who Who was the president when the Depression started?

When

When did the Depression start?

Herbert Hoover

October 29, 1929

Where Where did people get free food?

What

What did people need?

soup kitchens

jobs

soup kitchens

jobs

October 29, 1929

Herbert Hoover

WH Level 3

Name _________________________

Directions: Glue the picture card into the correct box.

Who Who was the president when the Depression started?

When

When did the Depression start?

Where Where did people get free food?

What

What did people need?

soup kitchens

jobs

October 29, 1929

Herbert Hoover

Job

WH questions L4

Name _______________________________________

Directions: Use the words in the text box to answer the questions below.

When – time or date

What – a thing

Where – a place

Who – a person or people

soup kitchens Herbert Hoover jobs October 29, 1929

When did the Great Depression start? _______________________________

Who was the president when the Depression started? ______________________

What did unemployed workers need? _____________________

Where did people get free food? _________________________________

Vocabulary L1

Name _________________________

Directions: Circle the picture that matches the first picture in the row.

Vocabulary L3

Name ____________________________ ___

Directions: Use the word bank to fill in the blanks.

quit – stop

poor – no money

unemployed – no job

out of business – closed forever

1. When people have no money, they are ________________________.

2. When you stop, you ______________________.

3. People with no job are _______________________.

4. If a store closed forever, they are ______________________________.

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