PRODUCT DETAIL

Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp

This highly readable portrait is about the Okies driven to California by the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s and the formidable hardships they faced. The desperation of their lives in the Midwest is described and then we follow the Okes on their trek across the western United States to the promise of work in California, where their hopes are dashed. Weedpatch Camp is the farm-labor camp built by the federal government, that educator Leo Hart creates a federal emergency school. The book includes period black and white photographs depicting the hardships and the school.

Grade level:

4 5 6 7 8

Scope:

all states

Academic Subject:

Agriculture (Career & Tech)
Science
Life/Biological Sciences
Environmental Science
Social Studies

Agricultural Content:

Production Systems
Sustainable Agriculture
Environment/Natural Resources
Conservation
Environment Education
Land Use
Natural Resource Management
Soils/Agronomy
Water/Watersheds/Water Resource Management
Food Systems/Nutrition
Food
Plant Systems
Field Crops
Weather
American Agricultural History
Hunger/Malnutrition
Plant Growth & Development

Author:

Jerry Stanley

Illustrator:

Publisher:

Crown Books for Young Readers

Copyright:

1993

Reviewer Comments:

An excellent curriculum supplement.

Resource ID:

2936

Source:

http://www.amazon.com

Media 1:

It's a Book media type.
URL: Website
ISBN: 978-0517880944
Pages: 96
Bound: Softcover