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Life in the Dust Bowl

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Learners consider the accuracy of the book Out of the Dust as they view primary source images taken during the Dust Bowl. Each slide contains an image, a question, and a quote from the book. This would be great to use when covering either the book or the time period.

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migration, the dust bowl, the great depression

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dust bowl, great depression, migration, out of the dust, american 1930s, social studies
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Grade
5th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Presentations
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For Teacher Use
Number of Slides
11

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Out of the Dust: Background notes about the novel, The Great Depression, and The Dust Bowl

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The Dust Bowl: Images

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Introduce learners to the hardships that followed the onset of the Dust Bowl. There is a quote taken from The Dust Bowl, Men,  Dirt and Depression by Paul Bonnifield followed by 10 primary-source images. 
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The Dust Bowl: Out of the Dust

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