Jarrow Crusade

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1930s Depression: a case study

Bringing this decade of economic depression and hardship to life for the children, using the story of the 1936 Jarrow march.

As an introduction to the 1930s the class had already watched the How We Used to Live video. The children had also written letters to their grandparents, asking for memories of pre- and post-war Britain.

by Jon Nichol

Web links

Photographs of the Jarrow Crusade: Jarrow marchers

BBC summary of the Jarrow Crusade, including the general situation, a brief biography of Ellen Wilkinson, and the aftermath.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwone/jarrow_01.shtml

Other useful websites:
http://century.guardian.co.uk/1930-1939/Story/0,6051,127027,00.html
A primary source: Guardian article, written a week after the start of the March; gives typical reporter's account of the marchers.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20001109/ai_n14344469
Modern newspaper article – see bottom p1 to end p3.

http://www.answers.com/topic/jarrow-march
Concise summary.