Jason Godfroy

SLM 505 summer 05

Pathfinder---Dust Bowl

 

Dust Bowl--A Pathfinder

A pathfinder is a list of resources from every possible source that will help you find information about a topic.  This pathfinder will help list resources for you to find out information about the Dust Bowl.  There is a lot of information, so read carefully!!

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Location

bullet Kingsview Middle School Media Center

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Reference tools--encyclopedias

bullet When looking up items in an encyclopedia (whether it is a print encyclopedia or an online encyclopedia) it is a good idea to have a list of keywords to use in a search.  Below is a list of some keywords for you to use about the Dust Bowl.
bullet Key terms for searching:
The Great Depression
The Dust Bowl
Okies
Black Tuesday
drought
Oklahoma Panhandle
FSA
President Roosevelt
The Roaring Twenties
The New Deal
    
bullet There are a number of print encyclopedias to choose from.  They are found in the reference section.  The call number is REF 031.
bullet Also use:
bullet REF 920 PRE  The Presidents: Vol. 5: 1901 to 1933. 1997.
bullet REF 920 PRE  The Presidents: Vol. 6: 1933 to 1969.  1997.
bullet REF 973.9 AME  America in the 20th Century: Vol. 3: 1920-1929.  1995.
bullet REF 973.9 AME  America in the 20th Century:  Vol. 4: 1930-1939.  1995.
bullet There are also a number of online encyclopedias to choose from.  Here is a link to them:  Media Center Online Resources.  Make sure you enter in one of the above key terms when searching.
bullet Also, you will probably come across other terms while searching.  It is a good idea to keep a pad of paper next to you so that you can write those key terms down.

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Books--non-fiction

Below is a list of non-fiction books and their call numbers that you can use.
bullet 92 ROO  Isreal, Fred L.  Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  1985.
bullet 92 ROO  Osinski, Alice.  Franklin D. Roosevelt.  1987.
bullet 92 ROO  Freedman, Russell.  Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  1990.
bullet 92 ROO Nardo, Don.  Franklin D. Roosevelt.  1995.
bullet 338.5 MIL  MIllichap, Nancy.  The Stock Market Crash of 1929.  1994.
bullet 920 LIN  Lindop, Edmund.  Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman.  1995.
bullet 973.9 EVE Events that Shaped the Century.  2000.
bullet 973.91 THI  This Fabulous Century 1930-1940.  1969. GRE 
bullet 973.91 COL  Collier, Christopher and James Lincoln Collier.  Progressivism, the Great Depression, and the New Deal: 1901-1941.  2001.
bullet 973.91 STE Stewart, Gail B.  1920s.  1989.
bullet 973.91 WOR  Wormser, Richard.  Growing up in the Great Depression.  1994.
bullet 973.917 STE  Stein, R. Conrad.  The Great Depression.  1993.
bullet 973.917 HAR  Hard Times: The 1930s.  1998.
bullet 973.917 FAR   Farrell, Jacquiline.  The Great Depression.  1996.
bullet 973.917 STE  Stewart, Gail B.  The New Deal.  1993.

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Books--Fiction

Below is a list of fiction books and their call numbers that you can use. 
bullet F BLA  Blackwood, Gary L.  Moonshine.  1999.
bullet F COC Cochrane, Patricia A.  Purely Rosie Pearl.  1996.
bullet F CRO Crofford, Emily.  A Place to Belong.  1994.
bullet F CUR  Curtis, Christopher Paul.  Bud, Not Buddy.  1999.
bullet Also on audio cassette.
bullet F DEF  DeFelice, Cynthia C.  Nowhere to Call Home.  1999.
bullet F HES Hesse, Karen.  Out of the Dust.  1997.
bullet Also on audio cassette.
bullet F HUN  Hunt, Irene.  No Promises in the Wind.  1986.
bullet F KOL  Koller, Jackie French.  Nothing to Fear.  1991.
bullet F LYO  Lyon, George Ella.  Borrowed Children.  1988.
bullet F PEC  Peck, Richard.  A Long Way from Chicago.  1998.
bullet Also on audio cassette.
bullet F STE  Steinbeck, John.  The Grapes of Wrath.  1986.
bullet F TAY  Taylor, Mildred.  Song of the Trees.  1975
bullet F TAY  Taylor, Mildred.  Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.  1991.
bullet Also on audio cassette.
bullet F TUR  Turnbull, Ann.  Speedwell.  1992.
bullet F WHI Whitmore, Arvella.  The Bread Winner.  1990.

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Other Resources--videos

Below is a list of videos that you can watch for background info.
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973.917 GRE  The Great Depression and the New Deal.  1996.

 
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Web Resources

Below is a list of web pages that you can visit. 
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The Great Depression
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http://www.amatecon.com/greatdepression.html

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The Great Depression and the New Deal
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http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/depression/

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About the Dust Bowl
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http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm

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Pictures
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html

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Museum of Life in the 1930s
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http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums/hismus/1900-75/depressn/labnews2.html

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There are many more web pages out there.  This is just a few.