Great Depression Research Paper
Identification and Evaluation of Sources
The Great Depression of the 1930’s was an economic catastrophe in which the American stock market crashed and citizens lost millions of dollars. Near the end of the Great Depression the movie The Wizard of Oz was produced, and became a groundbreaking movie about a farmer’s daughter’s search to get home after she was blown away in a twister to the Land of Oz. The time period in which the movie was produced and how well it was received raises the question: how does the film’s popularity relate to the Great Depression?
To research this question, the journal “American Labor and the Great Depression” was a useful source. This analytical research journal written by Steve Fraser was published by the International Journal of Labour Research in 2010. This document helped explain how the “common American man” was affected by the Great Depression in the 1930’s. The feelings of fear and anxiety were exposed by Fraser’s analysis of their actions. Because this writing was secondary …show more content…
For instance, Steve Fraser who wrote “American Labor and the Great Depression” had to interpret the opinions and feelings of the labor force at the time through research of events surrounding unions and the New Deal. I was grateful that Fraser had analyzed the research for me, so that I could learn what the common citizen experienced through his careful analysis. As I was researching, some questions arose for me concerning the audience of The Wizard of Oz. For instance, how much of the population actually saw the movie? If the intended audience of the movie was the downtrodden and impoverished, how did they pay for the movie to see it? Was the target audience children, like the book it was based off of? In conclusion, after this investigation, a historian would most likely research the dynamic of the audience of The Wizard of Oz to answer these
The Great Depression of the 1930’s was an economic catastrophe in which the American stock market crashed and citizens lost millions of dollars. Near the end of the Great Depression the movie The Wizard of Oz was produced, and became a groundbreaking movie about a farmer’s daughter’s search to get home after she was blown away in a twister to the Land of Oz. The time period in which the movie was produced and how well it was received raises the question: how does the film’s popularity relate to the Great Depression?
To research this question, the journal “American Labor and the Great Depression” was a useful source. This analytical research journal written by Steve Fraser was published by the International Journal of Labour Research in 2010. This document helped explain how the “common American man” was affected by the Great Depression in the 1930’s. The feelings of fear and anxiety were exposed by Fraser’s analysis of their actions. Because this writing was secondary …show more content…
For instance, Steve Fraser who wrote “American Labor and the Great Depression” had to interpret the opinions and feelings of the labor force at the time through research of events surrounding unions and the New Deal. I was grateful that Fraser had analyzed the research for me, so that I could learn what the common citizen experienced through his careful analysis. As I was researching, some questions arose for me concerning the audience of The Wizard of Oz. For instance, how much of the population actually saw the movie? If the intended audience of the movie was the downtrodden and impoverished, how did they pay for the movie to see it? Was the target audience children, like the book it was based off of? In conclusion, after this investigation, a historian would most likely research the dynamic of the audience of The Wizard of Oz to answer these