Fourth Grade

Unit 2 | Activity 4

Activity 4

4-1

Inflation. Aftermath of inflation—a foreclosure tale in Iowa in the early 1930s when “the bottom fell out of everything.” Military police were on hand to keep farmers from preventing the auction [between 1930 and 1940]. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, [Reproduction number, LC-USE6-D-009360 DLC]

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4-2  Excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath
4-3 Dust Bowl Map
4-4

 Images of the Dust Bowl                (external site)

4B Additional Dust Bowl images

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