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This photograph, taken in Barber County at the height of the Dust Bowl, demonstrates the effects of severe drought. Cornfields such as these also contributed to blowing dust because the root systems of corn plants were too shallow to hold loose dirt in place.
Date: 1934
This provides students with a visual of how severe drought affected crops. It works in tandem with a variety of sources that detail how misuse of land, when paired with drought, could wreak havoc on farmland. This source was selected for both the 7th and the 11th grade standards on the Dust Bowl.
KS:7th:5.1:Agriculture and the Dust Bowl (2005)
Item Number: 210641
Call Number: FK2.B1 .4 Dr.1934 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210641
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables - Corn
Agriculture - Environment - Weather - Droughts
Built Environment - Function - Agriculture/Subsistence - Agricultural Field
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (Kansas_Benchmark 2) - Dust Bowl experiences (Indicator 1) - Agricultural losses
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930s to 1940s (Benchmark 5) - Agriculture and the Dust Bowl (Indicator 1) - Drought and dust storms
Date - 1930s - 1934
Environment - Weather - Droughts
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Counties - Barber
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Photographs
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