Famine and Dust: Dust Bowl

Famine and Dust: Dust Bowl book cover — HISTORICAL BACKGROUND CAST OF CHARACTERS ACT 1 ACT 2 EVENT TIMELINE Consider This Learn More Index About the Author 4 8 10 20 30 31 31 32 32 TABLE of CONTENTS

Famine and Dust: Dust Bowl — page 1 — The Dust Bowl took place in the 1930s It took place in areas around the Great Plains This included Kansas Colorado Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico States around them were impacted too Big dust storms covered the land People couldn’t breathe Some people and animals choked to death Houses were buried Really big dust storms were called black blizzards People couldn’t see They couldn’t move The worst dust storm was called Black Sunday It took place on Sunday April 14 1935 Winds traveled at high speeds Dust storms took over cities Dust darkened the skies Living in the Dust Bowl was hard People had to move Many migrated to California There were jobs in California Poor farmers who migrated were called Okies 4 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Famine and Dust: Dust Bowl — page 2 — FlAsH FACT Many people built farms on the Great Plains in the early 1900s Vocabulary Great Plains GRAYT PLAYNZ area of flat land in the middle of the United States blizzard BLIZ-urd a really bad snowstorm with high winds migrated MYE-grate-id moved from one area to another 5

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