Historical Aspects
List details from the book that depict life in the 1930's.
One detail from the book that depicts line in the 1930's is "Dust piles up like snow across the prairie, dunes leaning against fences, mountains of dust pushing over barns." (p. 102) Another detail from the book that depicts life in the 1930's is "One quarter of the wheat is lost: blown away or withered up. What remains is little more than a wisp of what it should be. And every day we have no rain, more wheat dies." (p. 39)
How do you think the author was able to vividly describe the dust bowl?
I think the author was able to vividly describe the dust bowl because she researched details of the dust bowl on websites, interviewed different people's accounts of the dust bowl, and read previous books of the dust bowl.
What are the most interesting facts you learned about everyday life in the 1930's?
The most interesting fact about everyday life in the 1930's is the fact that no matter what people ate or drank, they would always taste the grizzy dust.
MAKING CONNECTIONS:
List several disasters that have occured across the world or locally that might compare to the great dust storms of the 1930's.
Some of the the disasters that occurred across the world that could compare the dust storms of the 1930s is the recent hurricane in the Philippines, Katrina hurricane, and the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco.
How did the people that lived through these natural disasters cope? Explain
The people that experiences these natural disasters coped with it by evacuating to safety and had to start a new life somewhere else.
One detail from the book that depicts line in the 1930's is "Dust piles up like snow across the prairie, dunes leaning against fences, mountains of dust pushing over barns." (p. 102) Another detail from the book that depicts life in the 1930's is "One quarter of the wheat is lost: blown away or withered up. What remains is little more than a wisp of what it should be. And every day we have no rain, more wheat dies." (p. 39)
How do you think the author was able to vividly describe the dust bowl?
I think the author was able to vividly describe the dust bowl because she researched details of the dust bowl on websites, interviewed different people's accounts of the dust bowl, and read previous books of the dust bowl.
What are the most interesting facts you learned about everyday life in the 1930's?
The most interesting fact about everyday life in the 1930's is the fact that no matter what people ate or drank, they would always taste the grizzy dust.
MAKING CONNECTIONS:
List several disasters that have occured across the world or locally that might compare to the great dust storms of the 1930's.
Some of the the disasters that occurred across the world that could compare the dust storms of the 1930s is the recent hurricane in the Philippines, Katrina hurricane, and the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco.
How did the people that lived through these natural disasters cope? Explain
The people that experiences these natural disasters coped with it by evacuating to safety and had to start a new life somewhere else.