Dust Bowl 30 second view

You will have 30 seconds to observe the following document.

​Observe as many words, items, images, and symbols as you can. Look and see.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following did you NOT see?

• animal tracks

• sun

• trees

• barbed wire

Multiple Choice

Which of the following did you NOT see?

• house

• people

• tire tracks

• windmill

Multiple Choice

Which of the following did you NOT see?

• house

• barn

• sand

• thunderstorm

Multiple Choice

Which part of the country are you seeing?

• Great Lakes

• Northeast

• Southwest

• Great Plains

• Gulf Coast

Multiple Choice

What could have caused fertile farmland to turn into an apparent desert?

• tornadoes

• floods

• stock market crash

• drought

The Dust Bowl

From 1930-36, drought and winds on the Great Plains brought a series of storms (black blizzards) known as the Dust Bowl.

Thousands of farmers (“Okies”) fled to California. 

Cultural references include:

  -Music of Woody Guthrie.

  -Novels of John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men)​

​March, 1935