Name: The Great Depression & The Dust Bowl Dust Bowl Drought Migration 1. Why weren’t farmers able to sell a lot of crops during the Great Depression? 2. Many farmers could not sell enough . Farmers suffered during . 3. The Dust Bowl was in the . 4. Why couldn’t farmers grow crops during the drought? 5. Many families that lived in the Dust Bowl had to migrate to to look for a better life. 6. Life in California was because farmers could not find . Standard: SS5H5 The student will explain how the Great Depression and New Deal affected the lives of millions of Americans Name: Skits – With a partner or a group I want you to create three small scenes in a skit. Use the information that we discussed in class to create three separate scenes that talk about the struggles, hopes, and dangers that went along with the Great Depression on the farms. The topics are as follows: Scene 1: You are living in the Dust Bowl before the Great Depression. Scene 2: You are living in the Dust Bowl during a “black blizzard” or huge dust storm. Scene 3: You are or have migrated to California to look for a better life. Example: Bob: I love this beautiful land, I can make so much money selling crops to the cities and also to the soldiers fighting in the war. Lisa: Yeah, I tell ya, this is truly awesome. We are making a lot of money. Bob: We should… Standard: SS5H5 The student will explain how the Great Depression and New Deal affected the lives of millions of Americans Name: Dear Uncle and Auntie… Directions: Write a short letter from the perspective of a person living in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl to relatives that live in Atlanta. The letter should explain whether or not you are planning to migrate to California from the Southern Midwest during the Great Depression and why or why not. In addition, the letter should also explain why the Dust Bowl is so devastating for your family. Look at the following rubric to see how you will be graded. Grade Rationale A (4) The letter does a great job of touching many themes of the Dust Bowl: drought, desperation, migration, suffering, poverty, etc. In addition, the letter went into a lot of detail about what is was like to live during that period. B (3) The letter touches on some of the themes of the Dust Bowl: drought, desperation, migration, suffering, poverty, etc. In addition, the letter went into some detail about what is was like to live during that period. However, more detail would have made the letter more complete. C (2) The letter does attempts to touch on one to two themes of the Dust Bowl: drought, desperation, migration, suffering, poverty, etc. However, the letter lacks details. F (1) This letter does not demonstrate or demonstrates very little or any knowledge of the Dust Bowl. In addition, there are no details to support statements made in the letter. Standard: SS5H5 The student will explain how the Great Depression and New Deal affected the lives of millions of Americans