Name: ______Per: _____

Central Question: What caused the Dust Bowl?

Directions: Look at the picture on the board. In 4 sentences describe what you see and make a prediction about when this is, where it happened and what caused it.

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Mini-Lecture Notes

Dust Bowl: ______

States effected: ______

Number of storms: ______Year span in which the storms took place: ______

A black blizzard is: ______

Where did people go? ______

Our question today: ______

What’s a primary source? ______

What’s a secondary source? ______

Initial hypothesis: What caused the dust bowl?

Document A: Henderson Letter

1. What type of document is this? When was it written? Why was it written?

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2. According to Henderson, what are three changes that happened in Oklahoma during the 1910s and 1920s?

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2. ______

3. ______

3. How does the author describe life in Oklahoma in 1935?

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4. What are 2 examples of how people experienced the Dust Bowl?

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2. ______

Document B: Svobida Account

  1. Who wrote this document? When was it written? Why was it written?
  1. According to Svobida, how did the dust and wind affect crops?
  1. What exactly does Svobida mean by the phrase “power farming”? What would be the difference between traditional farming and “power farming”?

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4) What, according to this Svobida, were two causes of the Dust Bowl?

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Central Question: What caused the Dust Bowl?

Document / Reason suggested by this document / Evidence from document to support the reasons
Henderson Letter
Svobida Account
Second hypothesis: What caused the dust bowl?

Document C: Government Report

1. What type of document is this? When was it written? Why was it written?

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2. What problem is this report addressing?

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3. What, according to this report, were the 3 causes of the Dust Bowl?

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2. ______

3. ______

4. Is this a reliable account? Why or why not?

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Document / Reason suggested by this document / Evidence from document to support the reasons
Government Report
Third hypothesis: What caused the dust bowl?

Document D and E: Professor Worster and Hurt

1. What type of documents are these? When were they written? Why were they written?

What does Professor Worster identify as the primary cause of the Dust Bowl?

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3. Do the other documents that we have examined support this conclusion? Why or why not?

4. What are 4 causes of the Dust Bowl that Professor Hurt identifies?

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b. ______

c. ______

d. ______

In what ways are Professor Worster’s and Professor Hurt’s accounts different?

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Document / Reason suggested by this document / Evidence from document to support the reasons
Worster Report
Hurt Excerpt
Final hypothesis: What caused the dust bowl?