Great Depression Today

The Great Depression of 1929-1939 might not be anyone’s favorite time period, but there were many aspects from which today’s American youth could learn. This time period caused heartache for many Americans, but today people have forgotten what it is like to live without certain supplies. Some Americans might not have ever even known what it is like to improvise with what they had while the people who endured the depression learned to appreciate and be thankful for the bare necessities. During the Great Depression, many families did not know if they would be able to eat from day to day. If they did get an entire meal, absolutely nothing would be wasted. Most families that had food to eat grew it in their own garden. Some even had gardens that grew vegetables, orchards that grew fruit, and even fields full of a variety of crops. Today, if a person is hungry, what does he or she do? More than likely anyone that gets hungry will cook at home, or pick up something in town. The …show more content…
If the woman could not sew, then most families had no clothes to wear. Each person had two outfits each, one for weekday wear and one for church wear. They did not have the money nor the store options to go shopping and buy several outfits a day. Clothing might not have been a major issue in the Great Depression, but compared to the high-end retail stores of today, it is definitely a major difference. On the other hand, today’s teenagers specifically feel it is necessary to go shopping and spend hundreds of dollars each month on their wardrobe. While it might be possible for a person to do that on a regular basis, it is not necessary. The outfits a teenage girl buys when she goes shopping might not be worn more than once. After the one wear the outfit either gets thrown in the trash, given away, or sold. Today if a person only had two outfits, he or she would be made fun of or