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Drought and the Dust Bowl Lesson PlanDrought and the Dust Bowl Lesson Plan
Publisher
K20 LEARN
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
14 days
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Year
2022
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Drought and the Dust Bowl

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  • CER & Rubric—Drought and the Dust Bowl, Spanish (.docx)
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  • Literature Quotes—Drought and the Dust Bowl, Spanish (.docx)
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What caused the dust bowl, and should we worry about it happening again? Scholars look at various data to come up with their hypotheses. Then, they experiment to find some of the factors that contributed. Finally, the video has them look at a popular movie about the future and determine what caused that environmental disaster.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

droughts, ecosystems, climates, human impact on the environment

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Team teach with history, art, and language arts teachers
  • Share photographs or personal records of those that lived through the drought

Classroom Considerations

  • Relies on prior knowledge of interpreting graphs and data tables

Pros

  • Designed for Next Generation Science Standards as well as 4-H standards
  • Provides many excellent resources for extending the lesson
  • Connects science, history, art, movies, and language arts

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4

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