Explain it from a kids perspective, don't use big words and make sure to explain it so that it would be easy to understand what u mean. Go step by step. take it slow, and make it professional.
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They had to travel a long way to get where they was going
The great depression impacted their jobs by their pay which was significantly reduced because the companies where trying to max profit and pay their workers very little. It was similar to the ones who lost their jobs because they all where struggling to get by and had very little money to get necessities. It was different by the workers that had little money and could supply some for their family but the ones that didn't have a job suffered