Visions in the Dust
Students gain an understanding of Dust Bowl history through the eyes of a child. Using Karen Hesse’s Newbery Award-winning Out of the Dust as an introduction to this aspect of the Great Depression, students have the opportunity to identify with the personal experiences of youth in the 1930s. In addition, students examine primary source materials of the period to correlate the fictional text with actual visual, auditory, and manuscript accounts as found in the American Memory collections

Eroded Land, Eroded Lives
Students learn about the conditions that led to the Dust Bowl as part of their study of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
 

Surviving the Dust Bowl.  American Experience /PBS. Timelines, maps and lesson ideas

Riding the Rails: American Experience site examining the migration of teenagers during the Depression Era

Alabama Virtual Library

Best of History Websites

History Timelines (Alternatime)

Digital History Using new technologies to enhance teaching and research

History Matters  Designed for high school teachers of U.S. history courses. A gateway for web resources and other useful materials for teaching U.S. history.

National Archives Digital Classroom

American Memory Primary source material from the collection of the Library of Congress.

Graphic Organizers

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