Entertainment

=//Entertainment//, by Colin Gladue and Madison Gileau=
 * [[image:http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/es/ok/es_ok_dustbowl_1_e.jpg width="358" height="370"]]media type="youtube" key="1CRfGpvG-Ys&rel=1" height="300" width="358" ||  || Prior to the depression Oklahoma was full lush and inviting farmland. After that farmers were seriously affected by the depression. Thanks to the farmer's poor methods of farming and their overuse of their land, the weather caused dust to fly all over the Oklahoma panhandle farming land. This along with the depression was a big problem. The cause of these catastrophic events was that the farmers barely had any crops that they could sell and many people couldn’t afford to buy what they were selling. This made the farmers income close to nothing.

Dust storms grew amazingly frequent. They tore across the landscape pelting plants, animals, and people with stinging dust. Many people tried to block their windows with materials such as wet sheets but the particles were so fine that they still entered the homes. Crops and animals were killed and destroyed. Some cows were found with up to two inches of sand in their stomachs. Despite the hardships people still tried to work their farms. Hay stacks and years crops were destroyed in seconds leaving many farmers heartbroken. Many quit and moved to California. Those that remained were very compassionate to each other because they were all part of the same disaster. Most people didn't have time to be bored because they kept trying to save their crop. Some of those with spare time played instruments such as the violin or the piano. ||  ||

[|History and Culture: Oklahoma in the 1930s] http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111064/30entertain.htm
 * During the 1930s money was scarce because of the depression, so people did what they could to make their lives happy. Movies were popular and so were parlor games and board games. The great depression took place during this time period. In the Great Depression the American dream had become a nightmare. What was once the land of opportunity was now the land of desperation. What was once the land of hope and optimism had become the land of despair. The American people were questioning all the maxims on which they had based their lives. Between 1929 and 1932 the income of the average American family was reduced by 40%, from $2,300 to $1,500. In 1939 "Gone With the Wind" was a big hit! "Gone With the Wind," is a story about two people in love, when the husband is taken way by the war. The story is about how the woman survives without her husband during the war and these hard times. The movie won many awards and was voted the "Best Movie" of this decade. Also, a successful television show was Frankenstein. Frankenstein was a series of movies, which were of course science fiction. It was about a scientist who created a monster, the monster would go around destroying everything in its path. The Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder came out and millions loved it! Little House on the Prairie is about a family who lived during the pioneer days and also how they expienced life during these times.. They came across many adventures in nature before the luxury of modern technology came along. Some 30’s hit music includes jazz, swing and many more styles.[[image:http://nalts.files.wordpress.com/2006/07/frankenstein.jpg width="185" height="233" align="right"]][[image:http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/books/uploaded_images/Gone_with_the_Wind_cover-725623.jpg width="185" height="258" align="left"]] || [[image:LittleHouseOnThePrairie.jpg width="252" height="371" align="right"]] ||