Teacher’s Guide
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Dust Bowl Migrations Teacher's Guide (PDF, 2.03 MB)
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Primary Sources
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(1.3 MB)Breadline at McCauley Water Street Mission
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(237 KB)Map of California by the Rural Rehabilitation Division
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(237 KB)Where is Tranquility, California?
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(310 KB)Group of Children Posing Under Sign
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(119 KB)Thousands of Families Live Literally on Wheels
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(299 KB)Family Who Traveled by Freight Train
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(235 KB)Oklahoma Farm Family on Highway
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(117 KB)Migrant pea pickers camp in the rain
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(199 KB)Destitute Pea Pickers in California. Mother of seven children
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(3.3 MB)Migrant Agricultural Worker's Family. Seven Children Without Food
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(288 KB)Why We Come to Californy [California]
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