The Dust Bowl was a destructive period in American history during the 1930s. Powerful dust storms swept across the Great Plains, destroying homes and farms. People were forced to abandon their towns as dust storms reaching 70 mph ripped roofs off houses and buried structures and fields in sand. Families suffered tremendous hardships as they lost loved ones, homes and livelihoods during the Dust Bowl, with many children having to make new friends after being displaced. Even after the Dust Bowl ended, families still faced difficulties returning to their ruined homes and properties covered in sand.

1. The Dust Bowl

2. Very destructive time in history
● The dust bowl caused many people to move
out of their homes or lose loved ones
● It was a very hard time during the dust bowl
due to many people losing their jobs
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3. Destruction
● Caused people to lose their homes due to the
dirt and wind storms.
● Dust storms swept away towns with wind
speeds of 70 mph ripping roofs off house and
filling them with sand.

4. Picture of the destruction dust
storms caused
● This house was filled with sand and the
residents fled

5. The families and children of the dust
bowl
● Since many families had to move from their
homes and towns, many children had to make
new friends.
● Most families lost siblings or people they
cared about due to the dust bowl and even
personal possessions that they had to leave
behind.

6. The hardships having to deal with
when dust bowl came to an end.
● Once scientists found a way to end the dust
bowl.
● Families returned to what was left of their
homes and the fields of sand that were use to
be farms or plantations.

7. The End
● It was a very hard time during the dust bowl