Students look back on Depression era

Fifth grade students at Fulton County’s Eves Elementary built a replica of “Hooverville” on Monday to learn about the Great Depression and the challenges it posed. Students built shanties from cardboard boxes and duct tape, trying to recreate the settlements named for President Herbert Hoover. The students prepared homemade vegetable soup to serve in soup kitchens and stood in bread lines. One student commented that, though times were hard, “women were empowered to work more outside the home to support their families, which they hadn’t been able to do previously.” Another student said: “It is very sad that people had to leave their homes and that they starved because their money was worthless. I hope that doesn’t happen to our country.”