Out of the Dust: Visions of Dust Bowl History Lesson Overview Lesson Plan

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Students complete activities with the book Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse. For this literature lesson, students read this story and view the Dust Bowl history from the eyes of a child. They discover the Great Depression and life in the 1930s.

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the dust bowl, the great depression, world war ii

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3rd - 8th

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English Language Arts

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Out of the Dust

Louisiana Department of Education

The Grapes of Wrath may be the most famous novel set during the Dust Bowl, but what other stories cover the same time? The unit focuses on the Karen Hesse novel Out of the Dust. Learners keep a timeline of the Dust Bowl, maintain a...

6th English Language Arts

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Out of the Dust: KWHL Strategy

Brigham Young University

A K-W-H-L chart is a great way to scaffold prior knowledge. As class members begin their reading of Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse’s 1998 Newbery Medal winning verse novel, they chart what they already know about the Great Depression...

3rd - 7th English Language Arts

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"Hard Times Come Again No More" : Letters From Arkansas Families in the Great Depression

Curated OER

Through this series of terrific lesson plans, pupils learn about the extent of poverty in the state of Arkansas during the Great Depression. They read documents from the period which describe how hard times were, view an online photo...

7th - 12th English Language Arts

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Read All About It! California History of the 30s and 40s

Curated OER

Explore the Great Depression! Discover the challenges people experienced during the time period. Learners investigate photographs from the Dust Bowl and WWII era and create a story line about the photographs, writing a newspaper article...

3rd - 8th Social Studies & History

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Documenting the Dust Bowl

PBS

Paul Taylor's interviews and Dorothea Lange's photographs bring to life the unimaginable devastation of the Dust Bowl. After watching a short video from PBS, viewers are asked to imagine how they would react, whether they would stay or...

6 mins 7th - 12th English Language Arts

CCSS: Designed

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

Curated OER

If your class is reading the historical fiction novel, Out of the Dust, then you are in luck. Here are a few slides that will help you provide historical context for the book, as well as define main characters, setting, symbolism, and...

5th - 7th Social Studies & History

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Out of the Dust: Visions of Dust Bowl History Lesson Overview

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