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1 What do you see, think, wonder?

2 Sorry this isn’t a famous football game. #Justsayin
The Dust Bowl Sorry this isn’t a famous football game. #Justsayin

3 Dust Bowl – Damaged Areas
Period of severe dust storms and soil erosion Effected the Great Plains Region States: TX, OK, KS, CO

4 The Dust Storms More than 300 dust storms “Black Blizzards”
Fast moving clouds of dust several miles wide Covered farms and homes Destroyed crops Made people sick

5 Displacement and Migration
People abandoned their homes Looked for work in Western states, such as California. Migrant family in San Francisco, 1935 Farmer leveling dust hills in Texas, 1938

6 So, what caused the Dust Bowl?

7 1950’s Dust Bowl Documentary
The Documentary

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