Describes the plight of the migrant workers who traveled from the Dust Bowl to California during the Depression and were forced to live in a federal labor camp and discusses the school that was built for their children.
Describes the economic and environmental conditions that led to the Great Depression and the horrific dust storms that drove people from their homes westward during the 1930s.
Focuses on the experiences of children during the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, when prolonged drought, coupled with farming techniques, caused massive erosion from Texas to Canada's wheat fields.
Examines the human and natural causes of the severe dust storms that turned much of the Great Plains into a "dust bowl" in the 1930s and describes the devastation caused by these storms.
"Describes the people and events of the U.S. Dust Bowl. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspectives of a farmer, a migrant worker, and a government photographer"--Provided by publisher.
Traces the development of the first mammals, many of which grew to giant proportions in order to survive the cold temperatures and violent changes of the Ice Age.
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