Woody Guthrie and The Dust Bowl

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Woody Guthrie and The Dust Bowl

• A Social Studies Lesson using Folk Music as a
  Teaching Tool

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The Lesson

• Introductory Lesson
• Focuses on key vocabulary terms (terms are in
  yellow during playing of song)
• Collaborative AND independent work
• May also employ primary sources and photographs
• Music in the classroom

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Woody Guthrie
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On the fourteenth day of April, of 1935,there
struck the worst of dust storms that ever filled
the sky.
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You could see that dust storm coming, the clouds
looked deathlike black,and through our mighty
nation, it left a dreadful track.
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From Oklahoma City, to the Arizona line,Dakota
and Nebraska to the lazy Rio Grande
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It fell across our cities, like a curtain of
black rolled down!We thought it was our
judgment, we thought it was our doom!
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The radio reported, we listened with alarm,the
wild and windy actions of this great mysterious
storm.
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From Albuquerque and Clovis, and all New
Mexico,they said it was the blackest that ever
they had saw.
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From ol Dodge City, Kansas, the dust had rung
their knell, and a few more comrades sleeping,
on top of ol Boot Hill.
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From Denver, Colorado, they said it blew so
strong,they thought that they could hold out,
but they didnt know how long!
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Our relatives were huddled, into their oil boom
shacks,and the children they was cryin as it
whistled through the cracks!
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And the family it was crowded, into their little
room,they thought it was their judgment, they
thought it was their doom.
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The storm took place at sundown, it lasted
through the night.When we looked out next
morning, we saw a terrible sight!
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We saw outside our window, where wheat-fields
they had grown,was now a rippling ocean of dust
the wind had blown.
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It covered up our fences, it covered up our
barns.It covered up our tractors in this wild
and dusty storm.
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We loaded our jalopies, and piled our families
in.We rattled down that highway, to never come
back again.
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Texas Standards

• Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
• K,1, 2, 3rd Grades
• 1. 101-K.L1.3A2.2B3.3A The student understands
  the concept of chronology Uses vocabulary
  related to chronologypast, present and future.
  B T5
• 2. 205-K.L 1.5A The student understands how to
  construct and interpret maps and other graphics
  Create and use simple maps to identify the
  location of places in the classroom, school,
  community, and beyond.
• 3. 301-K.6A The students understands how basic
  human needs are met through the production of
  goods and services Identify basic human needs.
• 4. 712-K.L,1.L The student understands the
  impact of technology on the cultural development
  of societies, past and presentExplain how
  science and technology have changed the ways in
  which people meet basic needs such as food,
  clothing, and shelter.
• 5. 804-K.16A, 1.18A, 2.18A, 3.17A The student
  understands how to express ideas orally Express
  ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences.
• 6. 808-K.15A, 1.17A, 2.17A, 3.L The student
  understands how to obtain information using a
  variety of oral resources Obtain information
  about a topic using a variety of oral sources
  such as conversations, interviews, music.
• 7. 809-K.15B, 1.17B, 2.17B, 3.16A The student
  understands how to obtain information using a
  variety of visual resources Obtain information
  about a topic using a variety of visual sources
  such as pictures, symbols, television, maps,
  computer images, print material, and artifacts.
• 8. 824-K.15.D,1.19A, 2.17E The student
  understands how to identify and interpret main
  ideas Identify main ideas from oral, visual and
  print sources.
• 9. 222-1.6BThe student understands how humans
  rely on natural resources Identify examples of
  and uses for natural resources such as water,
  landin the community, state, and nation.
• 10. 702-1.16C The student understands how
  technology has affected daily lives, past and
  present Explain how science and technology have
  changed the ways in which people meet basic needs
  such as food, clothing, and shelter.

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TEKS
11. 203-2.5A The student understands how to use
the basic tools of geography Use symbols, find
locations, and determine directions on maps and
globes. B T5 12. 220-2.7A The student
understands how the physical environment affects
and interacts with the human environment
Describe how weather patterns, natural resources,
seasonal patterns, and natural hazards affect
activities and settlement patterns. B T2 13.
223-2.7B The student understand how humans have
adapted to, and modified, the physical
environment Explain how people depend on the
physical environment and its natural resources to
satisfy their basic needs, suc as food, clothing,
and shelter. B T5 14. 224-2.8A The
student understand how humans have adapted to,
and modified, the physical environment Identify
ways in which people depend on the physical
environment including natural resources to meet
basic needs, such as food, clothing, and shelter.
B T5 ltWG8Ggt 15. 226-2.8C The student
understands how humans have adapted to, and
modified, the physical environment Identify
consequences of human modification of the
physical environment such as the use of
irrigation to improve crop yields. B T5
ltWG8Ggt 16. 702-2.L, 3.L The student understands
how technology has affected daily lives, past and
present Describe how technology has changed the
way people work. 17. 712-2.16B, 3.L The student
understands the impact of technology on the
cultural development of societies, past and
present Explain how science and technology have
changed the ways in which people meet basic needs
such as food, clothing, and shelter. B T2
ltWH23Agt 3rd Grade cont. 18. 204-3.5C The student
understands how to use the basic tools of
geography Identify and use the compass rose,
grid, and symbols to locate places on maps and
globes. B T5
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TEKS
19. 205-3.5D The students understands how to
construct and interpret maps and other graphics
Draw maps of places and regions that contain map
elements including a title, compass rose, legend,
scale, and grid system. 20. 207-3.4A The student
understands the physical characteristics of the
environment Describe and explain variations in
the physical environment including climate,
landforms, natural resources, and natural
hazards. 21. 220-3.L The student understands how
the physical environment affects and interacts
with the human environment Describe how weather
patterns, natural resources, seasonal patterns,
and natural hazards affect activities and
settlement patterns in the local community. B
T2 22. 224-3.4C The student understands how
humans have adapted to, and modified, the
physical environment Describe the effects of
physical and human processes in shaping the
landscape such as agriculture. B T5 ltWG8Bgt 24.
311-3.7A The student understands the concept of
scarcity Define and identify examples of
scarcity. 25. 312 313-3.8B, 8C The student
understands the concept of supply and demand
Explain how supply and demand affect the price of
a good or service 8C-Explain how the cost of
production and selling price affect profits. B
T2 26. 811-3.16E 3.17B The student understands
how to create visual and written materials from a
variety of sources Interpret and create visuals
including graphs, charts, tables, timelines,
illustrations, and maps 17B Create written and
visual material such as stories, poems, pictures,
maps, and graphic organizers to express ideas.
B T5 27. 815-3.L The student understands how to
locate differentiate, and use primary and
secondary sources Differentiate between, locate,
and use primary and secondary sources in
communities throughout the world. B T5 28.
824-3.16C The student understands how to
identify and interpret main ideas Interpret
oral, visual, and print material by identifying
the main idea, identifying cause and effect, and
comparing and contrasting.
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TEKS
4th 5th Grades 1. 108-4.L 5.L The student
understands how to sequence events in history
Apply absolute and relative chronology through
the sequencing of significant individuals, evens,
and time periods. B T1 2. 205-4.6A 5.6A The
student understands how to construct and
interpret maps and other graphics Apply
geographic tools, including grid systems,
legends, symbols, scales, and compass roses to
construct and interpret maps. 3. 223-5.9CThe
student understands how humans have adapted to,
and modified, the physical environment Analyze
the consequences of human modification of the
environment in the United States, past and
present, such as farming and the Dust Bowl as
well as the effects of deforestation and
industrialization B T5 4. 807-4.22C 5.25C
The student understands how to organize and
interpret information Organize and interpret
information in outlines, reports, databases, and
visuals including graphs, charts, timelines, and
maps. B T5 5. 808-4.L 5.L The student
understands how to obtain information using a
variety of visual resources Obtain information
about a topic using a variety of oral sources,
such as conversations, interviews, and music. 6.
809-4.L 5.L The student understands how to
obtain information using a variety of visual
resources Obtain information, including
historical and geographic data using a variety of
print, oral, visual, and computer sources. 7.
811-4.26D 5.23D The student understands how to
create visual and written materials from a
variety of sources Create written and visual
material such as journal entries, reports,
graphic organizers, outlines, and
bibliographies. 8. 15-4.22A 5.25A The student
understands how to locate differentiate, and use
primary and secondary sources Differentiate
between, locate, and use primary and secondary
sources such as computer software, interviewsl
biographies oral, print, and visual material,
and artifacts to acquire information about the
United States and Texas. B T5 9. 823-4.22B
5.25B The student understands how to apply
critical thinking skills to gather and analyze
social studies information through a variety of
strategies Analyze information by sequencing,
categorizing, identifying, cause-and-effect
relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding
the main idea, summarizing, making
generalizations and predictions, and drawing
inferences and conclusions. B T5
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National Standards

• National Center for History in the Schools
  Standards in History for Grades K-4
• Standard 5 The causes and nature of various
  movements of large groups of people 
• into and within the United States, now, and
  long ago. 
• Sub-standard 5-A Identify reasons why groups
  such as freed African Americans,
• Mexican and Puerto Rican migrant workers,
  and Dust Bowl farm families migrated to
• various parts of the country. Consider
  multiple perspectives
• National Council for Social Studies Curriculum
  and Content Area Standards
• Thematic Strand III. People, Places, and
  Environments (Early Grades)
• Social studies programs should include
  experiences that provide for the study of people,
  
• places and environments, so that the learner can
• examine the interaction of human beings and their
  physical environment,
• the use of land, building of cities, and
  ecosystem changes in selected locales and
  regions
• observe and speculate about social and economic
  effects of environmental changes and crises
  resulting from phenomena such as floods, storms,
  and drought.

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Dust Bowl Maps
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