Where Was The Dust Bowl

Environmental Disaster
During World War I U.S. farmers planted an abundance of crops to feed the hungry in Europe during Turkish blockades. Twenty years later over plowing proved disastrous.
great depression 1930s • where was the dust bowl • midwest • john steinbeck • grapes of wrath

Photography Great: Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange's photography had significant social impact in its time and leaves a powerful historical record of human suffering in the Great Depression
dorothea lange • grapes of wrath • great depression • migrant mother • photojournalism

The Dry Road to Disaster
Drought is the most expensive type of natural disaster. It poses danger because it is gradual and it is silent. Now NOAA attempts to understand its causes and its patterns better by examining nature's comprehensive record.
weather • weather • weather • weather • weather

The Dust Bowl
The decade of the 1930s saw not only economic depression, but also a an ecological disaster known as the Dust Bowl.
dust bowl • soil • wind • rain • drought

Portraits of The Great Depression
From the Dust Bowl to a winter's day in Central Park, various views of the 1930s Great Depression show its effects and influences on artists of the time.
the great depression • american artists • alexandre hogue • ross dickinson • o. louis guglielmi

American Historical Fiction Books for Kids
A fictional Oregon trail pioneer and Dust Bowl folk hero star in these historical fiction books that take different looks at American history events.
american historical fiction • historical fiction books • american history events • historical events • tall tale

U.S. Drought Monitor Indicators
Although drought is difficult to define or forecast, climatologists can determine the impact and intensity of droughts using drought indicators and precipitation indices.
national climate data center • u.s. drought monitor • el nino cause drought • dust bowl 1930s • amount of moisture after dry period

1934 Dustbowl Created Desert
The 1934 Dustbowl displaced millions of people, caused countless farms to go bankrupt, created a wave of unemployment in a country already gripped by economic depression.
oklahoma • dust bowl • black sunday • topsoil • arable land

Artist Profiles: Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)
Artisit Profile on Dorothea Lange, one of the 20th Centuries Masters of Photography. Dorothea Lange captured the plight of the American people as they dealt with change across the nation.
lange • dorothea lange • masters of photography • great photographers • master photographer

Ogallala Aquifer a Finite Environmental Asset
The Ogallala Aquifer irrigates most of the high plains of America. Intensive farming is depleting this finite environmental asset quicker than nature can replenish it.
ogallala aquifer • finite environmental asset • environmental cost • depletion of the high plains aquifer • high plains of america

The Dirty 30's
Imagine living in the Dirty 30's. This time (1930 - 1939) was known as the Great Depression. It was a time of hardship for millions of Americans and Canadians.
dirty 30's • great depression • stock market • stock market crash • unemployment

Current Events Reflected in Woody Guthrie Songs
Listening to Woody Guthrie songs now illustrate how history really does repeat itself. From a major economic crisis to politics, these songs could be from today's news.
woody guthrie • great depression • foreclosure rates • woody guthrie foundation • stetson kennedy

Raab Associates Presents Super Science Author: Vicki Cobb
Interview with science author, Vicki Cobb. She offers insight on writing, the craft of writing, tips for new authors and her love of science and teaching. Raab Associates and their website are also highlighted.
science writing • writing advice • writing tips • vicki cobb • sue reichard

Climate Change Irreversible for 1000 Years
Human-induced climate change can lead to a millennium of higher atmospheric temperatures, lower dry-season rainfall, and increased land loss as oceans continue to rise.
climate change • carbon dioxide emissions • human-induced climate change • atmospheric temperatures • dry-season rainfall

Ducks Unlimited Wetland Projects
Ducks Unlimited, a volunteer-based organization manages conservation programs to re-establish wetland habitats for waterfowl in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
ducks unlimited volunteers • wetlands conservation • us fish wildlife • conservation preserve program • replant forest

NOAA Study Claims Climate Change Irreversible
In a study appearing in the January 26, 2009 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, NOAA senior scientist Susan Solomon has made some startling claims.
climate change • carbon dioxide • carbon dioxide emissions • co2 emissions • can climate change be reversed

Poetry and the Blue Moon in Seattle
Poetry was alive and well at the University District Blue Moon Tavern, Seattle, WA, in the 50's and 60's. It's still in business today.
poetry • blue moon • blue moon tavern • dylan thomas • richard hugo

Seabiscuit's Triple Crown
During the Depression the great race horse Seabiscuit conquered other race horses while capturing the nation's heart. In the twenty-first century his chroniclers have conquered the media and helped Seabiscuit to once again capture the nation's heart.
seabiscuit • horse racing • movies • documentaries • books

The Grapes of Wrath and the American Religion
John Steinbeck writes about the impoverished American citizens whose Exodus out of the American heartland formed a new religion.
the grapes of wrath • john steinbeck • america • religion • christianity

The Hell of the North
A look at the Paris - Roubaix Cycle Race, one of professional cycling's most iconic races and nicknamed the Hell of the North.
paris-roubaix • race • hell of the north • cobblestones • pave

The Prophecies of No-Eyes
Many prophecies of Chippewa Medicine Woman No-Eyes have materialized except for her vision of peace.
prophecies of no-eyes • global financial collapse • climate change • spiritual awakening • peace

Unique Voices Laud American Earth
In "American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau" editor Bill McKibben combines the familiar with the unfamiliar to arouse inspiration, awe, alarm and sadness.
american earth • bill mckibben • al gore • environmental writing • ansel adams

Wikipedia's Impact on Education
This online information resource appears to be just as creditable as traditional sources of scholarly information, when mainstream education terms are compared.
wikipedia in education • impact of wikipedia in education • online research • information on online • history research

Woody Guthrie in New York City
From "California to the New York Island," Woody Guthrie traveled America. In New York City, he went from being a folk musician to being the leader of the Folk Scene.
woody guthrie new york • woody guthrie new york city • folk guthrie • this land is your land woody guthrie • almanac singers

Bolivia's Dinosaur Park
Cal Orck'o is a fabulous repository of dinosaur footprints located in the centre of Bolivia, just a 20-minute ride from the colonial city of Sucre.
bolivia • sucre • dinosaur footprints • cal orck'o • bolivian dinosaur park

Get Southwestern Kicks on Route 66
America's famous Mother Road may have been superseded by superhighways, but you can still drive stretches of Historic Route 66 in California, Arizona and New Mexico.
historic route 66 • route66 • mother road • route 66 usa • route 66 arizona

Gone With The Wind
Blowing dust and sand can grow into huge duststorms and sandstorms that can even slow a war. How does the dust get into the air?
weather • meteorology • blowing dust • duststorms

Planning for the Future
Now that it's autumn, take steps to properly prepare your wildscaped landscape and collect seeds you'll need for spring plantings.
wildscape • seed collection • seed collecting • seed exchange • fall gardening

Sneaky Science
Science undoubtedly enlightens but can the data lie?
weather • weather • weather • weather • weather

Traveling the Mother Road
Route 66 -- it’s also known as The Mother Road and America’s Main Street. The remains of this meandering piece of Americana span three time zones and eight states from Illinois to California. It was the country’s first east-west highway and a romantic symbol of freedom that spurred our car culture, a TV show, a hit song, books and folklore. It was also the road to freedom and survival for Depression era migrant workers escaping the Oklahoma Dust Bowl and seeking the Promised Land of California
route • 66 • mother • road • main

"Xeric to the Max"
Max Dalrymple adapts the City of Albuquerque's Xeriscape program to the dust bowl area of northeastern New Mexico, in which he lives, and creates a program of landscaping that is "Xeric to the Max." With two reviews.
xeriscaping • xeric • feng shui • windbreaks • american indian

"Open All The Doors"
She broke barriers while at the same time capturing the life and times of the twentieth-century world for all to see. Come learn about noted photographer Margaret Bourke-White.
margaret bourke-white • women photographers • life magazine • you have seen their faces • photography

Kathy: Metropolitan Opera to Rock 'n' Roll
Kathy was introduced to rock 'n' roll and the sounds of Elvis Presley in her teenage years.
elvis • steve martin • martin • presley • kathy westmoreland

Silent Drought, Part 1- Is it Stealing Your Garden?
Yes, friends, even though Old Man Winter reigns in the Mid-Atlantic States, and October had abundant rainfall, this region is still in the midst of drought conditions.
drought • gardeners • foresters • mid-atlantic region • seasonal climates

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (Part 2)
Of all the railroads of the west, the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe is one of the oldest. It plied its trade throughout the southwest and central plains. It weathered two depressions, two wars, and many other ups and downs and still survives today.
atchison • topeka • santa fe • super chief • general motors

In Real Life – Six Women Photographers
Following six women photographers who were pioneers in the field, Sills delivers a strong compilation of some of art history's most well-known women photographers.
imogen cuningham • dorthea lange • frieda kahlo • lola alvarez bravo • carrie mae weems

Outside, Inside
Sometimes the writing gets so pitiful that you have to go outside yourself to get at the truth of what's inside you.
kota • press • jazz • women • all but my life

Pandora
Pandora was a gift of the gods, created by Hephaestes and delivered to Epimetheus by Hermes. She was called Pandora because she was made from the various contributions of the god to be a punishment for man. The story appears in Hesiod's Works and Days and Theogony and is often compared to the Creation Myth in Genesis. All ills of the world are credited to her, but so is Hope.
pandora • hesiod • creation myth • genesis • works and days

Planting Native Three Sisters Crops in Desert Areas: Corn
The Three Sisters food crops of corn, beans, and squash return to the desert sand near Tucumcari. This is a report on how well the native planting methods produced food crops in an empty field in one of our country's first farming areas.
corn • three sisters • beans • squash • desert

Xeriscape(TM) and Feng Shui
Many of the ancient traditions of feng shui are compatible with the post=modern principles of Xeriscape garden design.
xeriscape • xeric • feng shui • chi • windbreaks

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