The Dust Bowl was not like any other natural disaster. It was not a hurricane that lasted for a few hours....or a tornado that lasted for few minutes. Rather it was a disaster that went on for days....months....years....
This was the situation in which the Joads found themselves. The home, the land, and the work that they had known for so long had drastically changed to the point that it was replaced with dispair, disappointment, and destitution.
Watch this video called "The American Experience- Surviving the Dust Bowl" and make notes about what this natural disaster did to the farms, the communities, and the families across the southern US states.
This was the situation in which the Joads found themselves. The home, the land, and the work that they had known for so long had drastically changed to the point that it was replaced with dispair, disappointment, and destitution.
Watch this video called "The American Experience- Surviving the Dust Bowl" and make notes about what this natural disaster did to the farms, the communities, and the families across the southern US states.
