The stock market crashes in 1929 and people lose the money they had saved. Many people lost their jobs and many could not find jobs leading to widespread homelessness and starvation.

Too much farming on the Great Plains causes huge dust storms that destroy farms. Ten of thousands of farmers have to leave their land.

Desperate and poor, the Great Plains farmers arrive in California. As many as 7000 arrive per month. There are not enough jobs for them and they are often turned away at the border. They are negatively called “Okies.”

Farm workers form unions and strike in response to poor treatment and abuse by farm workers.

Placing two (or more) images or ideas close together to emphasize the contrast (differences) between them

Giving human traits to nonhuman things (Ex: The trees are dancing in the wind.)

An idea, symbol, image, or device that appears multiple times throughout a text

When an object, person, or idea in a text has an additional meaning beyond its literal one

A hint/clue that suggests what events might happen in the future in a story

Farmers who move from place to place to harvest (pick) different crops (plants grown for food) in different seasons

When workers refuse to work and try to stop all the workers from working in order to protest for better pay, conditions, or rights

The act of standing outside a business and protesting usually while carrying signs and sometimes preventing people from entering

The money that workers earn each hour that they work

The environment in which workers work: can be safe/unsafe; clean/dirty; long hours/short hours, etc.

An organized group of workers who take action together

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Question	Answer
Great Depression	The stock market crashes in 1929 and people lose the money they had saved. Many people lost their jobs and many could not find jobs leading to widespread homelessness and starvation.
Dust Bowl	Too much farming on the Great Plains causes huge dust storms that destroy farms. Ten of thousands of farmers have to leave their land.
Okie Migration	Desperate and poor, the Great Plains farmers arrive in California. As many as 7000 arrive per month. There are not enough jobs for them and they are often turned away at the border. They are negatively called “Okies.”
Labor Unrest	Farm workers form unions and strike in response to poor treatment and abuse by farm workers.
Juxtaposition	Placing two (or more) images or ideas close together to emphasize the contrast (differences) between them
Personification	Giving human traits to nonhuman things (Ex: The trees are dancing in the wind.)
Motif	An idea, symbol, image, or device that appears multiple times throughout a text
Symbol	When an object, person, or idea in a text has an additional meaning beyond its literal one
Foreshadowing	A hint/clue that suggests what events might happen in the future in a story
Migrant Workers	Farmers who move from place to place to harvest (pick) different crops (plants grown for food) in different seasons
Strike	When workers refuse to work and try to stop all the workers from working in order to protest for better pay, conditions, or rights
Picket	The act of standing outside a business and protesting usually while carrying signs and sometimes preventing people from entering
Wages	The money that workers earn each hour that they work
Conditions	The environment in which workers work: can be safe/unsafe; clean/dirty; long hours/short hours, etc.
Union	An organized group of workers who take action together

Created by: Ms. Rotondi

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