Great Depression Family Budget Simulation

It's 1931. The banks are closing. Jobs are disappearing. And your family has exactly one month of savings left.

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Working in small groups, students will manage a real household budget built from 1931 cost-of-living data, then draw event cards that throw Depression-era curveballs at them: rent hikes, layoffs, medical emergencies, and a whole lot of bad luck.

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