The Dust Bowl Worksheet
Name_____________________________ Date_______________________
This activity will teach you about life during the Dust Bowl.
1. Go to the Surviving
the Dust Bowl website (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/maps/index.html). Look
at the map of the United States. Which states did the Dust Bowl affect? ________________
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2. Click on "Timeline" in the left column of the Web page. Then, in the timeline below, write some key events from the Dust Bowl.
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1935 (Jan.)
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1935 (Apr.) |
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1938 |
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3. Go to An
Eyewitness Account (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/sfeature/eyewitness.html)
and read about the experience of a real-life Dust Bowl survivor. What did you
learn about this man's experience? Write your answer on the back of this sheet
or a separate piece of paper.
