1. Why did the dust storms start?

• They built too many towns and houses when they settled on the prairie.

• Settlers got free or inexpensive land to move to the Great Plains.

• They over-farmed the land and damaged the environment.

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

A lot of people died of what during the Dust Bowl?

• Typhoid
• Influenza
• Dysentery

• Dust Pneumonia 

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The storm on Black Sunday was described as...

• a massive, black cloud

• a breezy day

• a violent thunderstorm

• a hot day

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

People destroyed_________ to build and create towns, farms, and houses.

• the plains

• farmland

• animals

• nothing

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

  Which is true of the central idea in a historical text?

• It states an idea that challenges readers’ thinking about a person or event from the past.

• It expresses the viewpoint of someone who lived in the past and had firsthand knowledge of people and events.

• It is the author’s central idea or thesis about a historical person or topic, developed with supporting evidence.

• It identifies a past situation with which the author has a personal connection, supported by facts, details, and other forms of evidence.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Read the sentence from “Black Sunday: The Storm That Gave Us the Dust Bowl.”How does the sentence most clearly show the central idea of the text?

• It gives an example of the kinds of problems caused by dust storms.

• It shows why people took more interest in soil conservation after this event.

• It explains why people gave the dust storm the name “Black Sunday.”

• It introduces the idea that “Black Sunday” changed people’s lives.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Think about this central idea: Failures often help people to learn and grow. Which of the following would be the clearest evidence for that idea?

• The author interviews a scientist, who explains how data gained from experiments that failed led to a new medical treatment.

• The author recalls a time in college when he decided to play basketball instead of studying for a final exam—and, as a result, failed the class.

• The author offers quotations about success from well-known people in the world of business, politics, sports, and entertainment.

• The author describes an event from history in which the army that seemed sure to win a battle suffered a major loss.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Read this sentence.Which set of words would complete the sentence with two compound words, both written correctly?

• wind storm, care-ful

•   earthquake, long-term

• flood-ing, commonsense

• snowstorm, time consuming

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Black Sunday is a ....

• non-fiction text
• fiction text
• biography
• autobiography

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Black Sunday was a good title to the text because...

• it described the nighttime
• it was about shopping on Sunday
• it described a disaster a long time ago
• it was about the color black

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2