1. AP Prep United States History
Primary Resource Study the Dust Bowl
March 26, 2014

2. Video on the dust bowl, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guTek7ipD4U
Bell Ringer 10 Minutes
Video on the dust bowl,
GIST statement

3. Homework 2 minutes
Midterm Exam will now be Thursday 03/27/2014
Reading for information section 1-15
Content Reconstruction to the Great Depression

4. Aim
I will be able to analyze primary resources in order to understand the social and political issues that defined the Dust Bowl through OPVL and small group discussion.

5. CHAMPS
C=conversation, we will be sharing out during group discussion, be RESPECTFUL do not speak over one another and be an active listener. You will also be sharing out with your cooperative learning group.
H=help, please raise your hand
A=activity, you are completing an OPVL based on your assigned readings.
M=movement, you are not.
P=participation means no heads down, no cell phones, we are supporting our claims using evidence from the text.

6. Word study 2 minutes
Dust Bowl: The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion caused the phenomenon

7. OPVL 38 minutes (Cooperative learning groups)
Review Directions
Questions?
Collaborative group work
Your challenge ask a group member not Ms. Gomez when you have a question about the text.

8. How are you feeling about your understanding of the Great Depression?
Exit Ticket 3 Minutes
How are you feeling about your understanding of the Great Depression?