Out of the Dust is a story about a young teenaged girl dealing with a personal tragedy set against t

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• Out of the Dust is a story about a young teenaged
  girl dealing with a personal tragedy set against
  the backdrop of the Dust Bowl.

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• It is written as free verse in a journal format.
• The story spans the years from January 1934 to
  December 1935.

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• Subject Area Language Arts
• Literature
• Grades 7-8
• Time 2-3 weeks

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• Students will keep an electronic journal. It will
  contain
• Their research
• Their reflections
• Their project

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• Before Reading
• Students will
• Identify the location of the Dust Bowl
• Where?
• Identify the time frame of the Dust Bowl paying
  special attention to the dates in the book
• When?

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• The students will also look for additional
  background on
• The Depression
• The Drought
• The Mass Exodus from the Plains
• Background

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• During Reading
• The students will learn how to analyze a
  photograph.
• Start
• Then they will choose a photograph and analyze
  it.
• Next

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• Students will use the guided reading journal
  found on The Learning Page.
• Link

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• Blankets of Black (p. 162)
• On Sunday, April 14, 1935, the worst dust storm
  to date rolled across the plains. This date
  became known as Black Sunday.
• Listen to survivors of that time talk about their
  experiences.
• Link

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• Students will interview Billie Jo, her father, or
  her mother.
• Think of good interview questions that must be
  open-ended. (no yes or no answers)
• Use the information about their personalities to
  help you come up with interview answers.
• Look at the pictures of Black Sunday. Use them to
  help you make up your questions and answers.

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• After Reading
• Students will choose a passage from the book or
  use the text of one of Woody Guthries Dust Bowl
  songs and make a PowerPoint presentation using
  Joe Scoteses text animation method. They should
  use at least 2 photos in the presentation.
  Link

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• Brown
• earth
• rained
• down
• from the
• sky

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• I could not catch my
• b r e a t h

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• The way the dust
• pressed
• on my chest and
• would not
• stop

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• The dirt blew down
• so thick
• it scratched my
• eyes
• and stung
• my tender skin

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• It plugged my nose
• and filled inside
• my m o u t h
• No matter how I pressed
• my lips together

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• The dust made
• muddy tracks
• across
• my tongue