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Dead End In NorveltKatie Smith and Mike Peterson
Before reading Dead End In Norvelt
A place where
everything is
dead…
but
…the deaths bring
it to life.
Jack Gantos
• Grew up in Norvelt
• Slow Reader
• Sister’s Diary
• “Cradle to Grave”
The Great Depression
Stock Market Crash
Economic Slump Unemployment
President
Roosevelt
New Deal
-1933: President
Roosevelt
-Optimism
-Social and
Economic
Reform
Eleanor Roosevelt
-Planned Communities
-New Deal meant a new
chance
-Pride and Hope
Norvelt
-Westmoreland
Homesteads
-Housing, work,
and community
-Renamed to
Norvelt
WWII1939-1945
J-3
Planes
Bloody NoseHemochromatosis
Cauterization
Arthritis-Joint pain and stiffness -Limits motion
Obituaries
-Notice of
Death
-Information
about
deceased
person
-Newspapers
Typewriter-1808: First typewriter
-Ink stamps on a paper
-Alternative to hand writing
things
1080 Poison
-Used to kill bugs on plants
-Sometimes in solution form
-Potentially lethal
Hells Angels Motorcycle Club
-California
1948
-Violence and
Extortion
Enjoy Dead End in Norvelt!
Additional Sites
Author Webpage
http://www.jackgantos.com
Historical Information
www.history.com