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Instructor:
Title Of Activity:
Grade Level:

Environemtnal Science,Geography, History, Language Arts/ Social Studies, Reading, Writing
Mary Ellen Kirking
Dust Bowl And Failed Leeves
5th Grades

Objectives

Literature reflects people's feelings about water, illustrates the effects of draught, flood and other water-related disasters in human lives

Standards Addressed

None

copies of The Dust Bowl

Time Requirement

At least one full week 

Procedure/ Outline

1. Introduce The Dust Bowl
2. Read together as a class
3. Discuss the portrayal of the human consequences of the dust bowl.
4. Discuss strategies we have developed to buffer ourselves from the effects of weather
5. Discuss other climatic events that have led to human dramas. Choose one to research and write about

Modifications /Adaptions/ Extensions

This could extend into Science - what causes such disasters? 

Assessment

Accuracy of their research and writing

Other Comments

None