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Lesson 5: Research the drought years

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teaches Common Core State Standards SL.6.1.c http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/SL/6/1/c
teaches Common Core State Standards SL.6.1.a http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/SL/6/1/a
teaches Common Core State Standards L.6.4.a http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L/6/4/a
teaches Common Core State Standards W.6.1.b http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/6/1/b
teaches Common Core State Standards W.6.1.a http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/6/1/a
teaches Common Core State Standards RI.6.10 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/6/10
teaches Common Core State Standards RI.6.5 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/6/5
teaches Common Core State Standards RI.6.4 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/6/4
teaches Common Core State Standards RI.6.3 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/6/3
teaches Common Core State Standards RI.6.1 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/6/1
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Lesson 5: Research the drought years

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Students will discover the causes of the Dust Bowl by reading an informational article. Then they'll begin adding unfamiliar vocabulary words to their Reading Logs.

  • A downloadable audio recording of Out of the Dust  is available here.