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The Great Depression

Primary Source Set: Dust Bowl Migration

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Teacher Guides

Teacher Guide: Dust Bowl Migration Primary Source Set [PDF/315k]

Teacher Guide: Creating and Using Primary Source Sets [PDF/34k]

Heavy Black Clouds of Dust.

Heavy Black Clouds of Dust.

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Dust Storm, Amarillo, Texas.

Dust Storm, Amarillo, Texas.

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Stock Watering Hole.

Stock Watering Hole.

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Breadline at McCauley Water Street Mission.

Breadline at McCauley Water Street Mission.

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Map of California by the Rural Rehabilitation Division.

Map of California by the Rural Rehabilitation Division.

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Where is Tranquility, California?

Where is Tranquility, California?

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Group of Children Posing Under Sign.

Group of Children Posing Under Sign.

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Boy Building a Model Airplane.

Boy Building a Model Airplane.

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Community clothesline.

Community clothesline.

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School at Pietown, New Mexico.

School at Pietown, New Mexico.

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Oklahoma Dust Bowl Refugees.

Oklahoma Dust Bowl Refugees.

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Thousands of Families Live Literally on Wheels.

Thousands of Families Live Literally on Wheels.

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Dust Bowl Refugees.

Dust Bowl Refugees.

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Family Who Traveled by Freight Train.

Family Who Traveled by Freight Train.

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Oklahoma Farm Family on Highway.

Oklahoma Farm Family on Highway.

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Migrant Pea Pickers Camp in the Rain.

Migrant Pea Pickers Camp in the Rain.

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Destitute Pea Pickers in California. Mother of seven children.

Destitute Pea Pickers in California. Mother of seven children.

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Migrant Agricultural Worker’s Family. Seven Children Without Food.

Migrant Agricultural Worker’s Family. Seven Children Without Food.

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Migrant Agricultural Worker’s Family. Seven Hungry Children.

Migrant Agricultural Worker’s Family. Seven Hungry Children.

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Recorded Sound

Why We Come to Californy [California].

MP3

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Recorded Sound

Arizona.

MP3

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I’d Rather Not Be on Relief.

I’d Rather Not Be on Relief.

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Primary Source Analysis Tool and Map Analysis Tool

Primary Source Analysis Tool
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Map Analysis Tool
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Music Analysis Tool
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Poetry Analysis Tool
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