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- Farm machinery buried in dust storm
- Buried machinery in barn lot in Dallas, South Dakota, during the Dust Bowl.
- Format: image/photograph
- Eroded land, eroded lives: Agriculture and The Grapes of Wrath (lesson 1 of 10)
- This description is of only the first lesson in the unit, to be taught before students read the novel; thus, its primary purpose is to put this novel in historical context. Toward that end, students will learn about the (unintentional) abuse of soil that allowed the Dust Bowl to be so devastating and extensive. They will also see photographs by Dorothea Lange and others depicting the wasted land and subsequent wasted dreams of thousands.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Annie Henry.
- Alternative discussion formats: A public relations campaign
- In Alternative discussion formats, page 4
- By creating a PR campaign for a historial or literary figure, students can practice a wide range of thinking skills.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- The Learning Page: Community Center
- In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 8
- This installment of the American Memory Guide explores the Learning Page's Community Center, highlighting features of particular interest to teachers.
- Format: article
- By Melissa Thibault.
- The tabasco water heater and hot water in Biltmore House
- In A technological tour of the Biltmore Estate, page 7
- Introduction to the boiler room Although this room is called the Boiler Room, a number of interesting features relating to various technologies can be seen here, including the elevator controller and modern DC generator. The platform and wire cage...
- By Sue Clark McKendree.
Resources on the web
- Voices From the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection
- Provides primary source materials collected during visits by Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin to migrant worker camps during the Dust Bowl period. These include folk songs, oral history, folklore, and more. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Library of Congress
- Weedpatch Camp
- Information on Arvin Federal Government Camp, the migrant camp on which John Steinbeck based his 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath, can be found on this site. There are images of the camp and personal reminiscences of those who lived through that... (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Dust Bowl Historical Foundation
- The Great Depression
- Learn how to use the Library of Congress' primary source collections for the Great Depression. (Learn more)
- Format: website/lesson plan
- Provided by: Library of Congress
- America From the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945
- Black and white and color documentary photographs ranging from the time of the Great Depression and the days of the Dust Bowl to the mobilization of troops in World War II. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Library of Congress
- American Photography: A Century of Images
- Explores the the role of the camera and the images of the 20th century. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: PBS and Twin Cities Public Television
- Designing museum exhibits for “The Grapes of Wrath”: A multigenre project
- In this lesson, students read The Grapes of Wrath and create multigenre projects that explore issues from the Depression era. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: IRA/NCTE
- North American Drought: A Paleo Perspective
- This website contains information about drought and focuses on North America. How drought is defined, why it causes concern, the history of 20th Century drought, and how paleoclimatology is related to drought are explored in this site. Discover how nature... (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
