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Lesson 1 (from Chapter One: Mean Clouds)

Objective

Chapter One: Mean Clouds

Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp by Jerry Stanley is a non-fiction portrait of the Okies who migrated from the Dust Bowl in the Oklahoma Panhandle to California in the 1930s, and the oppression and hardships faced by the migrant farmers and their children. In this lesson, students are introduced to the text and will research its subject, themes and author, Jerry Stanley.

Lesson

1) Teacher Lecture: Introduce the students to the text and author. Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp by Jerry Stanley is a non-fiction portrait of the Okies who migrated from the Dust Bowl in the Oklahoma Panhandle to California in the 1930s. Author Stanley has written several texts aimed at younger readers which explore historical events, people and places.

2) Research Activity: Allow students...

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