Transcript The Dust Bowl - Mr. Coleman History

Document Based Questions
 A period, essentially from 1934-1936, during The Great
Depression, when severe dust storms caused major
ecological and agricultural damage to the mid-western
United States.
 Over-farming the land had worn away the natural grasses
that kept the soil in place.
 When a drought hit the region, the dried-up, loose soil was
easily picked up by the wind and swept across the open
plains.
Drought
Starvation
Famine
Foreclosure
Exile
Doom
Bankruptcy
Dust Storms
Now let’s organize
these words into
categories to help
understand how
they are related to
one another.
Drought
The Dust Bowl
Foreclosure
Exile
This map depicts the areas
affected by drought during
the Dust Bowl.
1. Which states were
directly affected by the
Dust Bowl?
2. Which states were also
affected by dust storms?
This Picture depicts a giant dust
cloud engulfing a small mid-western
farm during the Dust Bowl.
3. Why were mid-western farms
vulnerable to dust storms?
April 14, 1935: Black Sunday
Near Dodge City, Kansas
Harley Holladay
 Who is the speaker in this article?
 Where is the speaker’s farm located?
 In which ways did the family take
precautions against the dust storms?
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
 What is the setting of this passage from
The Grapes of Wrath?
 Who are the main characters?
 What is their relationship?
 What is the cause of the farmers’
anger?
Rural Large Farmers
Urban Factory Workers
Bankers and
Businessmen
OverFarming
Foreclosure
Exile
Low Wages
Bankruptcy
Poverty
Dust Storm
Famine
Drought
Rural Small Farmers