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"Tri-County" Project: Drought and the Dust Bowl

Lesson Plans: 1925-1949: Tri-County Project - Grade Level [4-8]

In the 1930s, the United States was suffering through the Great Depression. In Nebraska and surrounding states, the effects of the economic depression were made worse by sustained drought. Farmers were being driven from their land by crop failures that were common in the “Dust Bowl” that spread across the Great Plains.

Nebraska had a history of drought. Most of Nebraska was once called the “Great American Desert”. Its scorching summers, harsh ... Read more

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