Tuesday, May 2 List everything you remember about the Great Depression Warm-Up

The Name? “Dust Bowl” came from a journalist who was traveling through the area.

Location: in the Great Plains area Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado & New Mexico

Scenes from the Dust Bowl Dust Storm over Oklahoma

Scenes from the Dust Bowl Dust Storm over Texas

Scenes from the Dust Bowl Dust Storms over Colorado

Scenes from the Dust Bowl Dust Storm over Kansas

Causes : 1.Farming in areas not meant for farming 2.Severe drought (no rain) that lasted 10 years 3.High winds 4.Overgrazing by cattle 5.Over plowing by farmers

Effects : 1.Most farmers found their home and land useless Livestock went blind and suffocated, their stomachs full of fine sand

Effects: 3. 3.“Dust Pneumonia”

4. Migration WestEffects:

Effects of the Dust Bowl (cont.) More than 25% of the population in the Dust Bowl region migrated to areas where they often faced an even harder life. –N–N–N–Nicknamed “Oakies” (regardless of what state they came from), they were not welcomed by locals who feared that they would take local jobs –M–M–M–Migrant workers lived in poor conditions (tents, no water or electricity)

–“–“–“–“Oakies” were usually unwanted by local populations. –O–O–O–Often faced persecution and violence.

Effects:5. Ecosystem Upset –u–u–u–unleashed plagues of jackrabbits and grasshoppers

Effects : 6. Lengthened the Great Depression 7. Bigger Government – Between 1933 and1935 the government launched many programs to help people affected by the Dust Bowl, like the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, the Resettlement Administration, the Farm Security Administration, the Land Utilization Program and the Drought Relief Service. Dust BowlDust Bowl

But some farm owners took advantage of it…

The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was originally created to help migrant workers. They built camps, to house workers and their families. Many of these camps provided housing, health services, schools, laundry facilities, and adult-education programs.

Create a circle map in the OUTPUT section of your notebook. Write “Dust Bowl” in the inner circle. Take notes on the Dust Bowl film

Exit Ticket Compare what people went through in the Great Depression (in city/urban areas) To what People went through in the Dust Bowl (farm/rural areas)