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The Dust Bowl: An Economic and Environmental American Tragedy  PPTThe Dust Bowl: An Economic and Environmental American Tragedy  PPT
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Many of us focus on the causes and effects of the Dust Bowl as it relates to people. Why not shift the focus of cause and effects to how the Dust Bowl affected the environment. Here is a different take on the tried-and-true Dust Bowl lesson. Learners will discover not only how the great drought changed people's lives, they'll also get an idea of how it changed our landscape.

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the new deal, franklin d. roosevelt, the great depression

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great depression, new deal, okies, interrupted ecosystem, science
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7th - 9th
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Science
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Presentations
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For Teacher Use
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19

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