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Indlæser... The Great American Dust Bowl (2013)af Don Brown
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. 3.5 stars This is a nonfiction graphic novel depicting the “Dirty Thirties” – the dust storms that hit mostly Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Kansas. It is geared toward a YA audience. It also gives a bit of background leading up to the conditions that helped create the dust storms and the consequences to the people and farmers in the areas affected. In addition, the dust travelled to the eastern coast! It’s short, but it has some nice (colour) illustrations, some of them coloured in so dark to represent the lack of visibility during the storms. There were even a few things I didn’t know about (or if I’ve read about them (this is likely) I’d forgotten – like the electric charges in the air). There were even a couple of real photographs included at the end, but not only 1 from a 1935 storm, but one from 2011, as well. Super quick overview of the scouring away of hundreds of millions of tons of topsoil from the American plains during the 1930s. I'm not sure how well my son conceptualizes the dust storms after reading this (I'm not sure I can wrap my head around them, either), but it was a good introduction to the time. Apt musical accompaniment to this book, Woody Guthrie's "Dusty Old Dust": https://youtu.be/cudNm4r9NKo This is a great graphic novel about the American Dust Bowl. This would be an excellent book to teach students about American History, and it includes many detailed illustrations to give the students an image about what life was like during this time. I would use this for upper elementary or middle school students. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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The causes and results of the Dust Bowl and how the lessons learned are still used today. Presented in comic book format. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)978.032History and Geography North America Western U.S. 1900-LC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
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( Ages 12 years, grades 7-9)
A graphic historical event of the 1930's Dust Bowl for young readers. I can't stand when a story begins with "One hundred million years ago..." It has nothing to do with the dust storms. Plus, not everyone even believes the earth was formed one hundred million years ago...I sure don't. That is not what the Bible teaches. Just stick to the story. Otherwise, the story is "meh", the artwork is better. It's hard to get the feel of the true devastation in a short graphic novel. But maybe this will spark an interest to learn more when they get older. ( )