The+Great+Depression

[|Audrey of the Outback] is one of the books that was shortllisted for the 2009 CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers, and so Miss Hill read it to all Y3-6 classes during term 3.

In Years 3 & 4, there was an optional research activity about the Great Depression - because the story is set in Outback Australia during the 1930s when the Great Depression caused great misery and hardship.

Parvathy in Y3SF completed this research task to such a high standard that it has been added to this wiki for future reference. Here is what she wrote....

In the 1930s, many people lost their jobs. If you were feeling sick there were no vaccines to protect children against common diseases like scarlet fever and measles. But rich people had enough money to meet the doctor and have medicines, while old people and poor people got sick easily because they didn't eat any healthy food. Sometimes they ate food that they found on the floor and many other places. Also they couldn't be cured because they were poor.

Rich people had beautiful houses while poor people built their houses from metal fences and straw etc. Rich people had proper toilets and bathrooms. They didn't catch sicknesses easily because they had wash basins and could wash their hands. Poor people had to dig a hole in the ground, using it as a toilet.