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=​Document Based Question: What was the dust bowl and how did this event affect the American people? Social Studies: Grade 7=

=Standards: = Social Studies: Standard 1: Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in the history of the United States and New York.

English: Standard 1: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding. Standard 2: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation. Standards 3: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.

Information Literacy: Standard 1: Learners will inquire, think critically and gain knowledge. Standard 2: Learners will draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge. .

2. **Arlo Guthrie's song, "The Great Dust Bowl Disaster"** (AKA; The Great Duststorm) 1960.

On the 14th day of April of 1935, There struck the worst of dust storms that ever filled the sky. You could see that dust storm comin', the cloud looked deathlike black, And through our mighty nation, it left a dreadful track. From Oklahoma City to the Arizona line, Dakota and Nebraska to the lazy Rio Grande, It fell across our city like a curtain of black rolled down, We thought it was our judgement, we thought it was our doom.

The radio reported, we listened with alarm, The wild and windy actions of this great mysterious storm; From Albuquerque and Clovis, and all New Mexico, They said it was the blackest that ever they had saw.

From old Dodge City, Kansas, the dust had rung their knell, And a few more comrades sleeping on top of old Boot Hill. From Denver, Colorado, they said it blew so strong, They thought that they could hold out, but they didn't know how long.

Our relatives were huddled into their oil boom shacks, And the children they was cryin' as it whistled through the cracks. And the family it was crowded into their little room, They thought the world had ended, and they thought it was their doom.

The storm took place at sundown, it lasted through the night, When we looked out next morning, we saw a terrible sight. We saw outside our window where wheat fields they had grown Was now a rippling ocean of dust the wind had blown.

It covered up our fences, it covered up our barns, It covered up our tractors in this wild and dusty storm. We loaded our jalopies and piled our families in, We rattled down that highway to never come back again.

1.What year did the giant dust storm come? 2.What did the the storm do to the crops and the farmer's land? 3.What do you think the author meant by "the dust had rung their knell?"


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1. Who do you think these people are and where are they going? 2. What does the woman's posure/facial expression tell you? 3. What help do you think these people need?

1. What does the farmer's facial expression tell you? 2. Do you think the farmer thinks the releif measure will work?

Write a 2 page letter to President Roosevelt, describing your "Okie" life and what you need from the him. You may use your textbook and classroom notes for this lette.

**Assessment:**
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