Posted by jackinok on January 17, 2013 at 08:37:30 from (162.58.82.136):
In Reply to: Video on the Dust bowl posted by jacksonduper on January 17, 2013 at 06:01:24:
My advice, before you show these videos,pay particular attention to the economic ,and prevailing farm practises of the day.Let your students know that very often the very reason that a whole lot of folks were even on the plains was they were very simply scammed and it was not only shysters doing the scamming,it was a real plot by the gov itself to get folks out of eastern cities where they were rioting in the streets for the jobs and things they were promised. Let them know that it was KNOWN that the vast majority of this land was considered unfarmable,and in a large part even considered unihabitable when it was settled. the events leading to the dust bowl was not unknown on the plains,in 1885 a calvary patrol in the region survived only by drinking the blood of their horses. in 1895 most of the cattle ranches in the area went bust because of a prolonged drought. These settlers came in on a promise and a prayer,they had no where else to go, and they did what they had to do to survive. ww1 led to a world wide food shortage, especialy of wheat. these folks simply tried to meet that demand, and to a very large extent fed the world for several years. just as today farmers try to meet that same demand. the videos by ken burns leave you with the impression that all these folks were there for was to exploit a natural resource,and thats simply untrue. remind your students that what they see here is edited to fit the folks making the videos idea of what life was like. if you really want to know, simply take a tent, fill it up about six inches with sand, and talcum powder. hook a fan up that will stir this mix at wind speeds around sixty miles an hour,then simply climb inside,and try to conduct your daily class. let your students know that the CURRENT drought in the us is just as bad or worse. its simply has not lasted so long yet. take them out into a local farmers field with a shovel and try to find moisture. explain what happens when you turn the soil progressivly deeper trying to find moisture and start turning up the subsoil. Make sure that you tell your students in all fairness that there was a house,or home of some type on nearly every 40- 160 acres. these folks farmed to survive first,and to make money second.most HAD to farm, there simply was no other jobs to do.let them know that farmers for the most part were using the best farming practices known at the time,and explain the changes that we incorporated in a very short amount of time. to me THATS the true legacy of the dust bowl days.let them know that what they see today in these areas are all 100% manmade. the fact that these areas are still producing is nothing short of a miracle in itself.anywhere else in the world the land would simply have been abandoned. let your students know that the same exact folks that either directly or indirectly were blamed for this was the exact same folks who stayed to make it right.thats the true legacy of the dustbowl.
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