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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Read the sentence.

The opposition to the Okie children angered Leo.

What does opposition mean..

• indifference

• opposite

• resistance

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A