Scholars have read Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse, which chronicles life in the dust-ravaged midwest during the Great Depression. This was a time when people truly believed the end of the world was upon them. It was the greatest man-made natural catastrophe the United States has ever experienced. By now students should have:
- Finished the book
- Taken a quiz on it
- Learned how to do a "Close Reading" of a chapter, through Ms. W's modeling of the first pages, and then one they are to complete on their own, in preparation for discussion on Friday.
Students will spend Friday discussing their close reading, identifying the essay prompt they plan to tackle, form a thesis, and begin planning for the in-class essay, to be completed by Wednesday, 1.22.
After we complete the essay next week, it's on to a research unit called the Curiosity Project.
Enjoy these images of the Dust Bowl for a visual sense of what Americans were dealing with:
http://www.weru.ksu.edu/new_weru/multimedia/dustbowl/dustbowlpics.html
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