Deana McCloud
Hugh Foley
Dust Bowl
Dust Bowl Lore
Okie
Okie Migrations
Woody Guthrie
Dust Bowl and Depression trunk contents (PDF)
Dust, Drought, and Dreams Gone Dry Traveling Exhibit
The Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and the New Deal in Oklahoma E-exhibit
Learning About the Great Depression and Dust Bowl through Primary Sources (PDF)
Grade 3: Social Studies Content Skills
Content Standard 4: The student will analyze the significant events and historic personalities contributing to the development of the state Oklahoma
9. Summarize how the weather and the environment have impacted the economy of Oklahoma in events like the Dust Bowl. (CCRIT 2)
High School: Oklahoma History Content Skills
Content Standard 4: The student will examine the transformation of Oklahoma during times of boom and bust of the 1920s through the 1940s.
6. Cite specific textual and visual evidence of the environmental conditions and the impact of human mismanagement of resources resulting in the Dust Bowl including the migration of the Okies, the national perceptions of Oklahomans as shaped by The Grapes of Wrath, and the New Deal policies regarding conservation of natural resources.
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