Children of the Dust Bowl

Click on the two sentences that best describe Leo Hart different from other teachers.

• But the feeling of rejection was greatest among Okie children.

• Leo Hart liked to visit the Okie children when they played in the field nex to Weedpatch Camp.

• Then Leo asked him to declare and emergency exit.

• In 1940 Leo decided that if no one wanted the Okie kids in the public schools, then maybe the Okie children should have their own school.

Which sentence best summarizes a central idea of the text.

• "Okie use' ta mean you was from Oaklahoma," an Okie says in The Grapes of Wrath.

• When they went to school each day, most of the teachers ignored the migrants, believing the Okie kids were too stupid to learn the alphabet...

• In 1940 Leo decided that if no one wanted the Okie kids in the public schools, then maybe the Okie children should have their own school.

• Swiftly the president granted permission- without asking where the school might be located or how it might come about.

Read the sentence.

The opposition to the Okie children angered Leo.

What does opposition mean..

• indifference

• opposite

• resistance

Read the sentence and choose which word is a Proper Noun.

Californians were hostile to the Okies because they competed with residents for jobs.

• jobs

• residents

• Californians

• hostile

Choose two words that are common nouns.

Leo told the president of the board that he wanted to remove the Okie children form the public school.

• board

• Okie

• president

• Leo