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The Dust Bowl was a decade-long natural catastrophe that was man-made. Watch the video to get a glimpse into the first-hand experience of those who lived through this era in American History.

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The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a decade-long natural catastrophe of biblical proportions and the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history. It is the classic tale of humans pushing too hard on nature and nature pushing back during a period of economic boom and bust in the 1920s and 1930s.

Aired: 11/18/12

Rating: NR

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The Dust Bowl | The Dust Bowl Intro | PBS

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The Dust Bowl was a decade-long natural catastrophe of biblical proportions.

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Use this Gimkit to sharpen your Unit 2 Vocabulary skills!

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Gimkit is a game show for the classroom that requires knowledge, collaboration, and strategy to win. Get started for free!

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1. -I can identify the theme of a text and recognize characters, events, or story elements that relate to that theme.

2. -I can explain how themes are developed through characters, events, and other story elements in a text.

3. -I can analyze and compare how themes are developed and expressed through multiple story elements in different texts.

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7.T.T.1.c

Compare and contrast how themes are developed and expressed in texts through characters, events, and other story elements.

7.T.T.1.d

Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character with a historical account of the same period.

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Close-Read Guide for Surviving the Storm 

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Close-Read Guide for Surviving the Storm 

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Complete the Close-Read Guide after you read Surviving the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards

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● Compare: To recognize and discuss the similarities of a topic.

● Contrast: To recognize and discuss the differences of a topic.

● Theme: A theme is the central, unifying (and often universal) idea about

the human experience that emerges through a text.

● Characters: A character is a person, animal, plant, or inanimate object

that moves the plot forward.

● Setting: The setting is the place, time, date, era (or time) in history that a text takes place.

● Develop: the way an author introduces, expands, and strengthens a theme or idea across the story.

● Fiction: Writing that tells a story made up by the author. It may be inspired by real life, but the characters, events, and settings are imagined rather than factual.

● Portrayal: The way someone or something is shown, described, or represented in a text, film, or other medium. It’s about how the author, speaker, or creator chooses to present a character, idea, or event.

● Time Period: Literary time periods refer to the general period in history in which a text is created. These time periods and their associated cultural, social, scientific, and political events form the basis of movements.

● Historical Context: The context of a text’s creation is the situation formed by the mixture of the historical, political, religious, cultural, and/or social events that establish a climate against which a text can be analyzed as a product of its time.

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Did reading Grace's fictional account help you understand the human impact of the Dust Bowl better than reading a textbook?

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What is the biggest difference between the  historical accounts of the Dust Bowl in the Video and Grace's fictional diary? 

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What is the biggest difference between the  historical accounts of the Dust Bowl in the Video and Grace's fictional diary? 

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