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Okies and the Dust Bowl
Kind of Activity:
Mixed Media
Objective:
To get a better understanding of why the Okies and others were willing to come to California and accept lower pay for the jobs the Mexicans and others were doing.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.4
Structure:
The purpose of this activity is to help students get a better understanding of why the workers from Oklahoma arrived to California in the 1930s, and a more complex understanding of the dynamics of organized labor at this time.
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