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- Drought and the Dust Bowl (.html)
- CER Scaffold Suggestions—Drought and the Dust Bowl (.pdf)
- Climate Graphs—Drought and the Dust Bowl
- Lesson Slides—Drought and the Dust Bowl (.ppt)
- OK Annual precipitation history (.png)
- OK Annual temp history (.png)
- OK Panhandle mean annual temp and precipitation (.png)
- Teacher Annotated Woody Guthrie Lyrics—Drought and the Dust Bowl (.pdf)
- US Dust Loading 1932-1939 model (.png)
- CER & Rubric—Drought and the Dust Bowl, English (.pdf)
- CER & Rubric—Drought and the Dust Bowl, English (.docx)
- CER & Rubric—Drought and the Dust Bowl, Spanish (.pdf)
- CER & Rubric—Drought and the Dust Bowl, Spanish (.docx)
- Dust Bowl Poems—Drought and the Dust Bowl, English (.pdf)
- Dust Bowl Poems—Drought and the Dust Bowl, English (.docx)
- Dust Bowl Poems—Drought and the Dust Bowl, Spanish (.pdf)
- Dust Bowl Poems—Drought and the Dust Bowl, Spanish (.docx)
- Explore Graphic Organizer—Drought and the Dust Bowl, English (.pdf)
- Explore Graphic Organizer—Drought and the Dust Bowl, English (.docx)
- Explore Graphic Organizer—Drought and the Dust Bowl, Spanish (.pdf)
- Explore Graphic Organizer—Drought and the Dust Bowl, Spanish (.docx)
- Literature Quotes—Drought and the Dust Bowl, English (.pdf)
- Literature Quotes—Drought and the Dust Bowl, English (.docx)
- Literature Quotes—Drought and the Dust Bowl, Spanish (.pdf)
- Literature Quotes—Drought and the Dust Bowl, Spanish (.docx)
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What caused the dust bowl, and should we worry about it happening again? Scholars look at various data to come up with their hypotheses. Then, they experiment to find some of the factors that contributed. Finally, the video has them look at a popular movie about the future and determine what caused that environmental disaster.
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Instructional Ideas
- Team teach with history, art, and language arts teachers
- Share photographs or personal records of those that lived through the drought
Classroom Considerations
- Relies on prior knowledge of interpreting graphs and data tables
Pros
- Designed for Next Generation Science Standards as well as 4-H standards
- Provides many excellent resources for extending the lesson
- Connects science, history, art, movies, and language arts
Cons
- None