Dust Bowl Teacher Guide
A comprehensive teacher guide for the Winds of Change lesson, including objectives, detailed lesson flow, discussion anchors, and questioning guides for the 6th-grade Social Studies curriculum.
Dust Bowl Presentation Slides
Educational slide deck for the Winds of Change lesson, featuring embedded video, comparative analysis of land management, and activity instructions for 6th-grade students.
Dust Dreams Activity Worksheet
A primary source analysis and narrative writing worksheet where students examine Dust Bowl evidence and write a diary entry from a child's perspective in 1935.
Dust Bowl Role-Play Cards
Role-play perspective cards for students to inhabit different viewpoints from the Dust Bowl era and indigenous history, facilitating debate and empathy.
Dust Bowl Photo Reference Sheet
A primary source photo reference sheet for students, providing detailed descriptions and historical context for iconic Dust Bowl and Havasupai images to facilitate source analysis.
Dust Bowl Answer Key Rubric
An answer key and grading rubric for the Dust Bowl lesson, providing sample responses for primary source analysis and a 3-point rubric for the diary entry activity.
Conservation Quest Extension Worksheet
A research-based extension worksheet where students investigate modern soil conservation techniques like no-till farming, shelterbelts, and cover crops.