THE DUST BOWL

WHEN WAS THE GREAT DUST BOWL?

• The dust bowl was from 1930-1939
• It happened during the Great Depression

HOW DID THE DUST BOWL START?

• It started by a drought
• The dirt was too dry

WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE DUST BOWL?

• Dust was blowing a lot
• People moved to California
• They had to leave pets behind
• Lots of people died

SORCES

• Cleland, Joann. Surviving the Dust Bowl. Vero Beach, Fla.: Rourke Pub., 2010. Print.
• Hesse, Karen. Out of the dust. New York: Scholastic Press, 1997. Print.
• Lassieur, Allison. The Dust Bowl : an interactive history adventure. Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2009. Print.
• McArthur, Debra. The dust bowl and the Depression in American history. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2002. Print.
• Stanley, Jerry. Children of the Dust Bowl : the true story of the school at Weedpatch Camp. New York: Crown, 1992. Print.