Dust Bowl!: The 1930s Black Blizzards (X-Treme Disasters That Changed America)

Using this non-fiction picture book to study the depression and the dust bowl can be integrated throughout all content areas. Using a picture book can give older students an understanding of the implications of the dust bowl without the extensive reading that sometimes is too difficult for middle/highschoolers.

Summary: The Dust Bowl was a huge hardship in Kansas in 1935. The giant grey cloud of dust swept through and the people didn’t know how to handle it and did not know what to do.
Reading Level: Primary
Genre: Informational