Dust Bowl WebQuest

 

During The Great Depression

A drought that lasted from 1930 to 1936, known as the Dust Bowl, aggravated the problems of the Great Depression. More than a million acres of farmland were rendered useless because of severe drought and years of overfarming, and hundreds of thousands of farmers joined the ranks of the unemployed.

 

Complete Steps 1-6 below:

1. Click on the following link: http://www.thegreatdepressioncauses.com/dust-bowl-facts.html to review some interest fact about the Dust Bowl.

2. Visit the following link to view more Dust Bowl photos: https://www.google.com/search?q=free+dust+bowl+pictures+of+people&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=0yNvUbfSB6P0yQH8w4GABA&ved=0CDAQsAQ&biw=1067&bih=466

3. Now, visit the following link to watch a video that chronicles experiences of the people in the Central Plains as they fought to survive the worst man-made ecological disaster in the history of America. http://video.pbs.org/video/1311363860/

4. Next, visit the following link: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/interactive/ to experience the Dust Bowl via Interactive Dust Bowl Activities.

5. Reading & Writing Assignment: Visit the following link to read the article titled, "The Dust Bowl." After reading the article take the interactive pdf quiz. http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/magazines/scope/pdfs/SCOPE-031212-DustBowlQuiz.pdf

6. After completing the WebQuest, write a paragraph describing how the suffering of the land during the Dust Bowl mirrored (resembled) the suffering of the people of the Dust Bowl.  Please proofread your work. Post your response using the Name/URL profile.  Please do not use your full name. You may use your first initial + last name (example: mcorder) or your first name + last initial (example: maryc) to sign your post.  Your instructor will have to review and approve your work before it will appear under the comments section. Posts that are not signed correctly, or that are signed anonymous will not be approved to appear on our blog. Punctuation and grammar are important, so you should only submit your best work.

Thank you for your participation!

Mrs. Corder
Computer Technology Instructor