Explore the links and answer the Q's on separate paper. You can work with a partner at the computer, but please do your own writing so it's in your voice, not your partner's.
1. "Mass Exodus from the Plains" (read the article):
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/dustbowl-mass-exodus-plains/
1. "Mass Exodus from the Plains" (read the article):
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/dustbowl-mass-exodus-plains/
- What's the name of the novel by John Steinbeck mentioned in this article?
- Describe how the migrant workers were received when they reached California.
- Imagine you've lost the family farm due to severe dust storms. Will you stay and tried to rebuild your life, or will you join the thousands of others packing up for California? Why (or why not)? Write in first person.
- Who was Dorothea Lange, and why was she important to those who experienced life during Dust Bowl?
- Write a poem (at least 50 words) about her most famous photograph of this period. It's this one:
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