What were people doing to keep their minds

off The Great Depression?

-Disney ‘s Creation of
Creation of
Snow White Pig
Monopoly
-The Wizard of Oz Latin

Open your Chapter 25 Packet to page 24

- Find links on my website under Ch.25
- Note how each plays a role in being a “Depression Diversion”
 GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
Entertainment was another way to escape.
The link to this musical number below is based
off of a Broadway Show of the 1920’s. At one point, her singing is
going to start to sound extremely weird as she starts using PIG
LATIN. Why would she do such a thing?!?

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJOjTNuuEVw
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933

CHAT ABOUT….
• What is this video about?
• How does this video tie into The Depression in
terms of escapism (distraction of escaping) ?
• What does this say about gender roles during
the Great Depression?

BONUS….Why would Pig Latin be a fun distraction?

 Read the QUESTIONS BELOW, THEN click on the image

• How would this movie help

people during the great
depression?
• Why do you think this
K ON movie is still popular today?
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 WIZARD OF
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How would a film like this
help people forget their
troubles?
 Why do you think this
movie is still so popular?
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Popular Games: Monopoly
& Scrabble
 Today, MONOPOLY is the best-selling board game in the world, sold in
103 countries and produced in 37 languages including Croatian. But where
did the MONOPOLY game come from? How did this phenomenal pastime
get its start?
 It was 1934, the height of the Great Depression, when Charles B. Darrow
of Germantown, Pennsylvania, showed what he called the MONOPOLY
game to the executives at Parker Brothers. Can you believe it, they rejected
the game due to "52 design errors"!
 But Mr. Darrow wasn't daunted. Like many other Americans, he was
unemployed at the time, and the game's exciting promise of fame and
fortune inspired him to produce the game on his own.
 MONOPOLY

 With help from a friend who was a printer, Mr. Darrow sold 5,000 handmade
sets of the MONOPOLY game to a Philadelphia department store. People loved
the game! But as demand for the game grew, he couldn't keep up with all the
orders and came back to talk to Parker Brothers again. The rest, as they say, is
history!
 In its first year, 1935, the MONOPOLY game was the best-selling game in
America. And over its 65-year history, an estimated 500 million people have
played the game of MONOPOLY!
 Did you know…

 Over 200 million MONOPOLY games have been sold worldwide. More
than five billion little green houses have been "built" since 1935.
 A MONOPOLY game was made with gold houses and silver hotels, sold for
$25,000.
The longest MONOPOLY game in history lasted 70 straight days .
MONOPOLY FUN FACTS!
 Monopoly Fun Facts!
 The longest MONOPOLY game in a bathtub lasted 99 hours!
 The game of MONOPOLY is so much a part of today's popular
culture that my lawyers have trademarked many of the game's
graphic elements. The MONOPOLY tokens, Railroad,
COMMUNITY CHEST, CHANCE, and Title Deed designs, as well
as BOARDWALK and all four game board corners are legally
protected.
 What do you think?
DISCUSS

Do you think these were good

diversions for people who lived
during The Great Depression?

Would any of these games or

movies help to distract you if you
lived through The Great Depression?
- Time to summarize on Page 23 of your packet….
Then note how each might
List off diversions here! be a good distraction from
the Great Depression. Use a
different reason for each
one, based on what it is.

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