

What Caused the Dust Bowl?
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2nd - 3rd Grade
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Megan Nicholson
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What Caused the Dust Bowl?

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The invention of the tractor in the late 1800s changed everything for Great Plains farmers. A tractor could do the work of ten horses. This photo shows “wheat king” Simon Fishman (in coat and tie) and his employees using tractors to plow a field in Greeley County, Kansas.
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Multiple Choice
In the photo, how many tractors are plowing Simon Fishman’s land?
4
6
5
3
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Multiple Choice
How many horse-drawn plows would have been needed to do the same amount of work?
10
25
600
50
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Open Ended
A 1930s Texas sheepherder said, “Grass is what holds the earth together.” How do you think he
would feel about the tractor?
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Multiple Choice
Simon Fishman is wearing a coat and tie. Make an inference. What does this tell us about farming on the Great Plains in the 1920s?
It was fun.
It could make you rich.
It was easy for everyone.
You had to dress up for it.
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Grasses of the Plains
Think about the tractor photo and this diagram together. How do these documents help to answer the question,
“What caused the Dust Bowl?”
You will answer on the next slide.
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Open Ended
Think about the tractor photo and this diagram together. How do these documents help to answer the question,
“What caused the Dust Bowl?”
What Caused the Dust Bowl?

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