1930-1940

Objectives:
Objectives list what you will learn in this period of KS History, please refer to the standards at the bottom of this page.

Final Project:
This is how you will show what it is you have learned in this time period.

Please write a compare/contrast paper discussing agricultural practices before and after the dust storms of the 1930's. Explain how practices may have contributed to the dust storms. (examples: rotation of crops, shelter belts, irrigation, terracing, stubble mulch).

Paper guidelines: Please complete in word, five to seven paragraphs.

Chapters to Use from __The Kansas Journey:__
Standards: 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, and 4.5.4
 * Chapter 10: Good Times, Bad Times page 210**

Standards: 4.5.3 and 4.5.5
 * Chapter 11: A Changing Society, A Modern World page 240**

State Standards:
4.5 The student understands individuals, groups, ideas, events, and developments in Kansas during the Great Depression and World War II. (1930s-1940s)

4.5.1 (A) The student compares agricultural practices before and after the dust storms of the 1930s (e.g., rotation of crops, shelter belts, irrigation, terracing, stubble mulch).

4.5.2 (A) The student uses local resources to describe conditions in his/her community during the Great Depression.

4.5.3 (A) The student researches the contributions of Kansans during the 1930s & 1940s (e.g., Amelia Earhart, Osa and Martin Johnson, Glenn Cunningham, Walter Chrysler, Langston, Arthur Capper, Birger Sandzen).

4.5.4 (K) The student summarizes the effects of New Deal programs on Kansas life.

4.5.5 (K) The student explains how World War II acted as a catalyst for change in Kansas (e.g., women entering work force, increased mobility, changing manufacturing practices).