{"product_id":"dust-bowl-great-depression-world-war-ii-grade-4-week-19","title":"Texas State History - Grade 4 - Dust Bowl, Great Depression \u0026 World War II - Week 19 Full Curriculum","description":"\u003cp\u003eTeach Grade 4 Texas history through a complete five-day week built around a \u003cstrong\u003e6-stop Dynamic History interactive map investigation with 24 guided auto-graded tasks\u003c\/strong\u003e. Students investigate how land-use choices and drought contributed to Dust Bowl conditions, trace work migration within Texas, distinguish the Dust Bowl from the statewide Great Depression, examine New Deal work relief, and explain how World War II transformed Texas jobs, cities, military training, and industry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis Week 19 resource coordinates the interactive Dynamic History module with Standard and Accessible print alternatives, a transcript-reviewed two-video Depression-to-War evidence investigation, the complete \u003cem\u003eTexas in Hard Times: Dust Bowl, Great Depression \u0026amp; World War II\u003c\/em\u003e Readers Theater with Original and Accessible Mini Readers, and complete Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5 assessment banks. Teachers can use the full five-day sequence or select individual components to fit their schedule.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill this resource meet your needs?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/texas-state-history-grade-4-texas-maps-regions-landforms-week-1-full-curriculum\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTry the full week 1 curriculum - 100% FREE DOWNLOAD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eWhat students practice\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDust Bowl cause and effect:\u003c\/strong\u003e explain why drought and wind became far more destructive after plowing and grazing reduced native prairie cover.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMigration and work:\u003c\/strong\u003e use Perryton and Childress evidence to see that some workers followed seasonal jobs within Texas rather than making one permanent move west.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDepression evidence:\u003c\/strong\u003e distinguish the environmental Dust Bowl from the Great Depression and examine unemployment, low-wage work, union action, and unequal access to relief.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNew Deal work relief:\u003c\/strong\u003e connect Civilian Conservation Corps jobs to surviving public structures and conservation work at Texas state parks.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWartime geography:\u003c\/strong\u003e explain why Fort Worth supported aircraft production, Corpus Christi supported naval flight training, and Orange supported shipbuilding.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeople and chronology:\u003c\/strong\u003e compare Audie Murphy and Cleto Rodríguez as 1945 Medal of Honor recipients while correctly placing Bessie Coleman earlier in Texas aviation history.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEvidence and historical thinking:\u003c\/strong\u003e compare photographs, maps, physical structures, military records, and video evidence while separating what a source proves from what it cannot prove by itself.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ch3\u003eThe five-day week\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDay 1:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dynamic History Stops 1-3 - Panhandle land change and Dust Bowl causation, migration to find harvest work, and Great Depression hardship in San Antonio and Fort Worth.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDay 2:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dynamic History Stops 4-6 - CCC and New Deal work relief, wartime production and training in Fort Worth, Corpus Christi, and Orange, plus Audie Murphy, Cleto Rodríguez, and Bessie Coleman.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDay 3:\u003c\/strong\u003e two-video evidence investigation using \u003cem\u003eTexas History for Teachers: Preview of The Great Depression\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTexas in World War II\u003c\/em\u003e, with students bridging statewide video evidence back to the Texas-specific Dynamic History module.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDay 4:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eTexas in Hard Times: Dust Bowl, Great Depression \u0026amp; 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