The+Lesson+-+Activities+&+Procedures


 * __Opener__: Listen to voiceover account of the dust storms and view images, write (type) notes into wikispace notebook on whatever you can understand.
 * @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEYb9xjAhHI&feature=related


 * __Create key term chart__ in notebook and fill in definitions as best possible based on background knowledge: what do you think you already know?
 * 4 column chart: term, definition, importance, image
 * Key terms: Drought, Great Plains, Dust Bowl, Migrant, Okie
 * __Teacher-led discussion__, using maps, of U.S. geographic regions, focusing on the Great Plains - defining that region and its main characteristics. Students take notes, including location of the Dust Bowl in the lower Great Plains, and embed a map in their virtual notebooks below their notes.
 * @http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAdustM.JPG (map of dust bowl)
 * @http://www.aisc.org/uploadedImages/Steel_Solutions_Center/Conceptual/My_Region/Files/041708-web.gif (map of U.S. regions)


 * __Read and mark up__ overview of the Dust Bowl (excerpted from WGBH's American Experience site) in a Google Document (or Word Doc or Crocodoc). Students link and/or embed marked up document into virtual notebook. Below that link/embedded doc, students summarize what they learned about the Dust Bowl.
 * @http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/dustbowl-introduction/


 * Return to vocabulary and fill in as best possible.


 * Teacher transitions to the topic (and historical theme) of artists capturing historic events. Students __read__ a brief biography of Woody Guthrie, then __listen__ to his song "Pastures of Plenty." Students then __read__ the song's lyrics and __write notes__ on Guthrie's main messages in the song. Students then __pairshare__ these thoughts and __add__ to theirs based on discussion with a neighbor. Teacher may want to play the song one more time with students having the lyrics and their notes accessible.
 * @http://www.woodyguthrie.org/biography/biography2.htm (Guthrie bio)
 * @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH2DJvgNlMA (Pastures of Plenty - song & images)
 * @http://www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Pastures_Of_Plenty.htm (Pastures of Plenty lyrics)


 * Students __read__ biography of Dorothea Lange and __view__ a portfolio of her pictures of Dust Bowl refugees, then __choose__ two that most speak to them, __embed__ them into virtual notebooks with captions. Below two photos, students __summarize__ Lange and her work. Students then __pairshare__ and __add__ to their summaries.
 * @http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/pgs/portraits/Dorothea_Lange.php (Lange bio)
 * @http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/lange/index.html (Lange photos)


 * Teacher transitions into topic of government response to the Dust Bowl crisis. May be a time to review previous knowledge of New Deal programs, especially those aimed at aiding farmers and addressing rural conditions. Students then __use American Experience site timeline to identify__ what the Roosevelt administration and government agencies did to attempt to help those affected by the Dust Bowl. Students __create own condensed timeline__ with just those entries related to government efforts to help Dust Bowl victims. All entries should be paraphrased. Below timeline notes, students summarize government efforts.
 * @http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/dustbowl/


 * Students return to vocabulary chart to make sure it is complete. Teacher may want to have students add entries for Guthrie and Lange.
 * Students __create a Slide presentation__ to summarize what they have learned about the Dust Bowl. Slide presentation should include a title slide and then at least 5 others, each with an image and a thoughtful caption. Slide presentation is embedded into virtual notebook.
 * @http://www.slide.com