Children of the Dustbowl

Why did the families leave their farms?

• Racism

• Floods

• War

• Their land turned to dust.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Okies came from which state?

• Alabama

• Arkansas

• California

• Oklahoma

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What did Leo Hart want to build for the Okie children?

• a hospital

• a new school

• a waterpark

• new homes

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

How did Leo Hart feel about the way Okie children were treated?

• angry

• He didn't really care.

• sad

• hopeless

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

One clothing item worn by Okie children were

• chucks

• hoodies

• baggy overalls held up with rope

• cowboy hats

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Conditions relating to public health, especially clean drinking water and the removal of waste

• rejection

• shiftless

• epidemic

• sanitation

When they left Weedpatch Camp to find work, the Okies faced ridicule, ___, and shame.

• masonry

• rejection

• shiftless

• epidemic

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

person characterized by laziness and lack of ambition

• rejection

• opposition

• epidemic

• shiftless

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Widespread occurrence of infectious disease

• opposition

• epidemic

• sanitation

• rejection

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

The __to the Okie children angered Leo Hart

• opposition

• sanitation

• epidemics

• shiftless

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4