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This clip has been sampled from the docudrama Emiimeline Pankhurt and the Suffragettes and was written by Kate Dunn and produced by produced and directed by Ruth Wood in 2008. It has been uploaded for educational purposes and is suitable for KS3 to KS5. This clip looks at the aims and methods of the WSPU and why they opted for militancy or direct action which they termed 'deeds not words' If you are looking for teaching resources on this topic then please check out this link to our TES shop:tes.com/teaching-resource/what-was-the-difference-between-a-suffragette-and-a-suffragists-11687906
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This clip has been sampled from the docudrama Emiimeline Pankhurt and the Suffragettes and was written by Kate Dunn and produced by produced and directed by Ruth Wood in 2008. It has been uploaded for educational purposes and is suitable for KS3 to KS5. This clip looks at the aims and methods of the WSPU and why they opted for militancy or direct action which they termed 'deeds not words' If you are looking for teaching resources on this topic then please check out this link to our TES shop:tes.com/teaching-resource/what-was-the-difference-between-a-suffragette-and-a-suffragists-11687906
If you would like to support our channel and donate, then please follow this link: buymeacoffee.com/hugybear20c
We have a wide range of teaching resources overing many topics. Please feel free to browse and have a look at what we have to offer: tes.com/teaching-resources/dashboard/overview


![How successful was the Agricultural Adjustment Administration at helping Sharecroppers?
Did the New Deal actually help those at the bottom of the agricultural ladder? While the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) aimed to rescue the farming economy, its impact on sharecroppers, tenants, and laborers in the South was often devastating.
🔍 KEY TOPICS COVERED:
The Cotton Crisis: Why 8 million people in the Southern states saw their livelihoods collapse as cotton prices fell 70% following the 1929 crash. [00:03]
Plowing Under: The controversial government scheme that paid landowners to destroy crops and leave fields fallow to raise prices. [01:00]
Landowners vs. Tenants: Why government compensation rarely reached the actual workers and how protests often led to immediate eviction. [01:28]
The Dust Bowl & The Great Migration: The struggle of Midwest farmers facing drought and the journey of nearly a million Okies heading West. [01:57]
Life in California: The reality of the Promised Land during the Depression and how the Works Progress Administration (WPA) eventually helped families rebuild. [03:06]
📽️ VIDEO TIMESTAMPS:
00:03 – The desperate need for assistance in the South
00:17 – Eyewitness account: Living in the land of cotton but unable to buy clothes
00:45 – The confusion of destroying crops to raise prices
01:06 – Plough up every third row: How the AAA was implemented on the ground
01:36 – Why compensation didnt reach farm tenants
01:57 – The impact of drought and dust storms in the Midwest
02:16 – The Stoops family: A story of migration in an old truck
03:06 – Arrival in California and the struggle for survival
03:24 – Rebuilding via the WPA (Works Progress Administration)
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