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Dead End In
Norvelt
Katie Smith and Mike
Peterson
Before reading
Dead End In
Norvelt
A place where
everything is
dead…
            but
…the deaths bring
it to life.
Jack
    Ganto
    s
• Grew up in
  Norvelt
• Slow Reader

• Sister’s Diary

• “Cradle to Grave”
The Great Depression




Stock Market Crash
Economic Slump Unemployment
                President
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
J-3
   Planes



WWII
1939-1945
Bloody Nose
   Hemochromatosis
   Cauterization
Arthritis
-Joint pain and
stiffness
-Limits motion
Obituaries
-Notice of
Death
-Information
about
deceased
person
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

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Dead End In Norvelt

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  1. Gantos, Jack. Dead End In Norvelt. New York: RR Donnelley & Sons Company, 2011. Print.
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  4. Author photos and information taken from:http://www.jackgantos.com/bio-photos/
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  9. WWII Information taken from: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/648813/World-War-IIPublic Domain Image and information taken from: http://goldenageofaviation.org/cub.htm
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