As you look through these cartoons, try to imagine seeing these as someone going through the experience. Also, use these to try to picture the kind of environment children grew up in. There is one piece that is current and calls attention to the economic difficulties in the present. Compare the kind of environment the poor people are in now as to the kind of experience the lower classes had during the Great Depression.

1. What is going on with this family?
2. Why is mother trying to get the child away from the father?
3. Why is the father upset?
4. What kind of effect does this have on the child?
5. What economic class is this more likely to relate to?
6. How does this demonstrate the stress within a family’s life?

1. Who is in this picture? Who do they represent?
2. Why is Uncle Sam unable to get the economy back on track?
3. How do you think children would react to this?

4. What are the emotions of both characters in this photo?
5. What kind of symbol does Santa stand for?

1. What is happening in this cartoon?
2. How does it relate to our economy?
3. What game are they spoofing?
4. How do these negative effects affect children’s lives?
5. How have you been affected by the economy?
6. Does their situation in the game relate to the situation of children in the Great Depression at all? Why or why not?