Mission 5: “Up from the Dust” COMPLETE CLASSROOM GUIDE TEACHER’S GUIDE MISSION 5: “Up from the Dust” Table of Contents I. Overview About Mission 5 .................................................................................................................................. 1 At a Glance.......................................................................................................................................... 5 Essential Questions ........................................................................................................................... 10 Models of Instruction ........................................................................................................................ 12 Learning Goals .................................................................................................................................. 17 National Standards Alignment......................................................................................................... 21 II. Background Timeline of Historical Events............................................................................................................ 26 Educator’s Primer on the Historical Period ...................................................................................... 31 Glossary of Smartwords and Vocab .................................................................................................. 41 Character and Place Overview .......................................................................................................... 52 Myths and Misconception ................................................................................................................ 58 Top Five Things to Know .................................................................................................................. 60 III. Activities Before the Mission Pre-Mission Activity: Imagined School-Based Scenario .................................................................. 62 Prologue: The Great Plow-Up Prologue Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................... 67 Prologue Review Questions .............................................................................................................. 70 Prologue Review Questions and Answer Key .................................................................................. 74 Part 1: Boom to Bust Part 1 Document-Based Activity—Boom to Bust ............................................................................ 78 Part 1 Vocab Activity ........................................................................................................................ 85 Part 1 Writing Prompts .................................................................................................................... 95 Part 1 Review Questions .................................................................................................................. 97 Part 1 Review Questions and Answer Key..................................................................................... 101 Part 2: Neighbors in Need Part 2 Document-Based Activity—Bonus March .......................................................................... 105 Part 2 Vocab Activity ...................................................................................................................... 115 Part 2 Writing Prompts .................................................................................................................. 124 Part 2 Review Questions ................................................................................................................ 127 Part 2 Review Questions and Answer Key..................................................................................... 131 i TEACHER’S GUIDE MISSION 5: “Up from the Dust” Part 3: Riding the Rails Part 3 Document-Based Activity—Hoovervilles ............................................................................ 135 Part 3 Vocab Activity ...................................................................................................................... 145 Part 3 Writing Prompts .................................................................................................................. 154 Part 3 Review Questions ............................................................................................................... 157 Part 3 Review Questions and Answer Key..................................................................................... 162 Part 4: A New Deal for Some Part 4 Document-Based Activity—The New Deal ......................................................................... 165 Part 4 Vocab Activity ...................................................................................................................... 173 Part 4 Writing Prompts .................................................................................................................. 182 Part 4 Review Questions ................................................................................................................ 185 Part 4 Review Questions and Answer Key..................................................................................... 189 Part 5: California or Dust Part 5 Document-Based Activity—California Labor Camps ......................................................... 193 Part 5 Vocab Activity ...................................................................................................................... 203 Part 5 Writing Prompts .................................................................................................................. 213 Part 5 Review Questions ................................................................................................................ 216 Part 5 Review Questions and Answer Key..................................................................................... 221 IV. Resources Additional Media Resources ........................................................................................................... 226 Character and Location Printables.................................................................................................. 233 Primary Source Documents Prologue Acreage of Harvested Crops in the Plains, 1879-1929 ................................................................... 251 Life on a Farm ................................................................................................................................. 252 Account of Farming Practices in Oklahoma ................................................................................... 253 Annual Rainfall in Wheat-Producing States, 1910-1940 .............................................................. 254 Average Wheat Prices, 1909-1940 .................................................................................................. 255 On the XIT Ranch ........................................................................................................................... 256 Part 1 Clothing Drive Article .................................................................................................................... 257 First National Bank Advertisement ................................................................................................ 258 Article on Hoover’s Veto of the Relief Bill ...................................................................................... 259 The Plow That Broke the Plains ...................................................................................................... 260 The Stock Market Crash .................................................................................................................. 261 Wheat Surplus Political Cartoon .................................................................................................... 262 ii TEACHER’S GUIDE MISSION 5: “Up from the Dust” Part 2 4-H Club Pamphlet ......................................................................................................................... 263 Bonus Army Memoir ...................................................................................................................... 264 “Bonus Ouster Disgrace" ............................................................................................................... 265 A Child’s View of the Drought ....................................................................................................... 266 Farm Foreclosure “Evacuation Sale” .............................................................................................. 267 Farm Foreclosures in the United States .......................................................................................... 268 Father Cox on the Breadline ............................................................................................................ 269 Herbert Hoover Addresses the Bonus Bill ...................................................................................... 270 President Hoover Encourages Private Charity ............................................................................... 271 “Of Course We Can Do It!” Advertisement ................................................................................... 272 World War I Veterans March in Washington ................................................................................ 273 Part 3 “Boys Hopping Freight” ................................................................................................................