Homework

Finalize paragraph.

Write a five-sentence paragraph on how the landscape of where you live shape your life.

Grapes of Wrath

Read chapters 1 - 4 of the book. 

Review for Quiz

Review all class materials about the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl for quiz on Friday.

Surviving the Dust Bowl

 

 

1.  Write a 5-sentence paragraph to answers the question below.

 

If you had been part of one of these farm families during the 1903's, do you think you would have wanted to stay on your farm or leave?  why or why not?  What would you lose by leaving?  What would gain?

 

2.  Read chapter 1 of the Grapes of Wrath.

Primary Sources

Explore primary source documents from your family and write your history based on these documents.

Life During the Depression Era

 

 

After viewing the handout with the photographs, answer the questions below in full and complete sentences, and then write a 5-sentence paragraph on what life must have been like during the Great Depression. 

 

1. Briefly describe the pictures from the page.

 

2.  How do you feel when you look at these pictures?

 

3.  Look at the faces of the individuals, what do you think the person is feeling and why?

 

4.  What do your pictures show us about the depression era?