Children of the Dust Bowl

In California there were too many jobs, and not enough workers.

• yes

• no

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

The average field worker worked 16 hours a day, and seven days a week, for $4.00.

• yes

• no

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Farmers often produced more than could be picked or sold.

• yes

• no

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

"Okietown" was the name given to the well-outfitted camps the Okies lived in.

• yes

• no

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Farm-labor camps were built to provide better living conditions to the migrants.

• yes

• no

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The migration caused the schools in California to become overcrowded.

• yes

• no

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

The Okies faced prejudice and were treated unfairly.

• yes

• no

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

To the Okies who traveled from the Panhandle, California looked like paradise.

• yes

• no

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A rumor is a circulating story or report that is likely to be true.

• yes

• no

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Surplus means a shortage of something.

• yes

• no

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4