Read how anger about the increasing hardships affecting people in the Great Depression resulted in a march on Washington, D.C., by veterans of World War I. See what the demands were of the so-called Bonus Army, and how the demands were met.

For this lesson plan, students will consider "John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath": The Inner Chapters." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

Resource offers facts and statistics about suicide.

As part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was the expansion of electric lines across rural America. This article explains why it was important to Kansas farmers and how they could afford to hook up to the grid.

Discover interesting facts and information about the Civilian Conservation Corps that was established to employ young men to work on conservation projects and was created as part of FDR's New Deal Programs.

A very brief overview of the decade between the end of World War I and the Great Depression.

Provides detailed facts and interesting information about the 2008 Financial Crisis (Credit Crunch) that triggered recession and depression across global economies.

A fact sheet presenting basic information on Panic Disorder including causes, symptoms, treatments, and co-occurring disorders.

Part of Huey Long's plan to help Americans in the Depression was to grant Americans $5,000. This is a primary source site that provides the details of his plan.

Palatial home built for the president of the F.W. Woolworth Company. After the Depression, it became part of Monmouth College.

Complete with sound clips, this site gives students an understanding of the depression era through the music of Jimmie Rodgers, "The father of country music."

A comprehensive overview with many interesting facts and information on Al "Scarface" Capone, the most famous of all the Prohibition Era gangsters.

A comprehensive overview with many interesting facts and information on the Chicago Mafia who were part of the organized crime wave led by Al Capone during the Prohibition Era.

Discover interesting facts and information about the Works Progress Administration established in April 1935 to provide light construction jobs for millions of unskilled workers.

Detailed facts and information about the Tuskegee Airmen and the Red Tails, the first unit of African American military aviators in the US armed forces.

Discover the role of Navajo Code Talkers in WW2 through a summary and 27 detailed facts.

Interesting Battle of Midway timeline with details of significant times and important events that occurred on June 4, 1942.

A summary and detailed facts about D Day in WW2, June 6, 1944, and the landings on the beaches at Normandy.

Read interesting facts about the Banking Act of 1933, or the Glass-Steagall Act. It prohibited commercial banks from engaging in the investment business and created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

Provides detailed facts and important information about VJ Day (Victory over Japan Day) and the end of WW2.