Kit Kittredge, 1934

March 2014 & April 2015 & August 2015

See this blog post for details and pictures. 

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Share Information about the Great Depression and the 1930s

Games invented in the 1930s: Monopoly (1935), Scrabble (1938), Sorry! (1934), Parcheesi

At the Movies: Shirley Temple, The Wizard of Oz (1939), Little Women (1933), Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs

No Television! Just the radio

Quick Facts of the 1930's

• 48 US States

• Presidents: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Salaries often dropped below $10.00 per week

• Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.03

• Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.10

• Cost of milk: $0.14 a quart

• Cost of bread: $0.09 a loaf

• Movies were $0.10 per person

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Games:

• Alphabet Traveling

• Japanese Fan Race

• Clothespin Drop

• Drop the Handkerchief

• Hopscotch

2014 Craft: Drawing (a nod to Kit’s friend Stirling) via Expressive Monkey Dice Drawing Sheets

2015 Craft: Autograph books

 Book Display: The 1930s (with booklist to take home) and other American Girl Books

Refreshments: Ritz Cracker Bits (1934), 3 Musketeers (1932), Tootsie Pops (1931), lemonade

Take Home: Penny-Pincher Puzzle, Make Your Own Hobo Code, Expressive Monkey Drawing Fortune Teller