Education in the 1920's ( Great Depression)

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Summary Of The Education during

The 1920's

• Stock market crashes drastically.
• Loss of millions of jobs.
• Baby Boom of the 1920's.
• Demand for Teachers goes UP :)
• New classes are added to schools.
• Undernourishment of children in schools
• Children would rather work for $ than attend school.

School Conditions in the 1920's

Education vs The Great Depression

What do they have to do with each other?

During this time there was a huge baby boom.

This led to a increased need for teachers to teach

all of the children that had been born during this time. Social and economic factors produced such phenomena as the Red Scare, religious controversy, and political strife, which in turn influenced education in the United States. New classes in the sciences, physical education, home economics, geography, and industrial arts expanded the curriculum from the traditional focus which was Reading , Writing , Arithmetic. Being a teacher during this time probably was the best job because #1 there was a huge demand for teachers due to the baby boom. And also during the Great Depression millions of people were laid off from their jobs.

The public school system changed

drastically during the Great Depression.

Society started to notice the changes

during the years of 1930 and 1931, when

conditions were at their worst. Many

students did not have the right clothing,

supplies, and textbooks because parents

could not afford the costs. They had no

jobs which meant they had little to no

money which also meant that parents

could no longer afford to buy their children school supplies and they clothes that they wanted and needed.

In addition , students schoolwork and progress began to decline due to undernourishment. Students began to drop out to work instead of go to school so that they could help their families.

Sources

Following World War I , many Americans turned away from concerns about political reform. America at the time was the most industrialized country in the world and economic prosperity and growth were strong.

The economic prosperity of the 1920's increased the size of the middle class. More people had disposable income ($ to spend on things they wanted). Americans became consumers rather than producers.

Consumer credit issues surfaced for the first time as credit became more widely available , so consumer education became a need.

So what REALLY happened during the

HOT ?'s

Great Depression?

Why is money a factor in education? Can it make or break a school system?

If a "second coming"Great Depression came

about , Do you think the school system would change

any? Why or Why not?

The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in

the history of the Western industrialized world. In the United States, the Great Depression

began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic

and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years, consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and rising levels of unemployment as failing companies laid off workers. By 1933, when the Great Depression

reached its peak, some 13 to 15 million Americans were unemployed and nearly half of the

country's banks had failed. Though the relief and reform measures put into place by President Franklin D. Roosevelt helped lessen the worst effects of the Great Depression in the 1930s, the economy would not fully turn around until after 1939, when World War II kicked American industry into high gear.

Education in America

The 1920's and the Great Depression Era (1921-1940)