Dust Bowl

Demonstrate a strong conceptual understanding of the causes and lessons of the Dust Bowl disaster
Demonstrate an accurate, basic understanding of ideas about the nationalization of disaster we have explored this semester
Identify and provide support for three or four specific lessons from the Dust Bowl
Include conceptual information and ideas from the module materials and from relevant previous work in the class (think Johnstown, Galveston, the issues surrounding the nationalization of disasters).
Film: The Plow the Broke the Plain Film: The Twentieth Century: The Dust Bowl Ken Bums Dust Bowl Sources Other Modules and Assignments