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The Dust Bowl Newspaper
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The Dust Bowl was a human and an ecological
disaster that took place in the southwestern Great Plains
of the United States in the 1930s. Farmlands became useless
and hundreds of thousands of people had to move away from
the land just to survive.
Your group members are reporters on a
newspaper in a rural town in Oklahoma in 1935. You need
to put out the Dust Bowl edition of the paper. You may use
your textbook or the Internet to find information for your
articles.
You may use poster board or a computer
program such as Publisher to create your newspaper. Your
paper must contain at least seven of the items listed below.
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An article explaining the reasons the Dust Bowl existed
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A human interest story about the problems of the people
who lived during the Great Depression in the Dust Bowl
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A report on the person who was the country’s
president during this time
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Advertisements that might have appeared in a 1935
newspaper
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An article about entertainment at that time
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A picture of fashion of the era
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A weather report
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An informational article about aid from the government
to Oklahoman farmers who were coping with their losses
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An editorial stating your opinions on what could be
done to solve the problems of the farmers during this
era
Some Tips
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A newspaper article always answers the questions who,
what, where, why and when.
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A newspaper article usually starts with a topic sentence
that is a small summary of what you’ll be reading
in more detail in the article.
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Neatness counts, as does correct spelling and grammar.
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Give your newspaper an appropriate name.
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It’s important to work as a group. You might
begin by deciding who is going to do each task that
needs to be done. These include assigning tasks, research
on the topic, writing the articles and putting them
into a newspaper. Remember — group harmony is
important!
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Be sure you credit each article by including a byline
that identifies each author. Be sure each item has a
headline.
The Dust Bowl
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