Reflect on what you already know about the Dust Bowl and its effects. You will now look at a series of photos that are related to the migration that occurred as a result of the Dust Bowl in the Great Plains.

This activity might not be viewable on your mobile device.Video segment. Assistance may be required. Analyze the photos and answer the questions that follow.

Interactive exercise. Assistance may be required.

Sources of images used for this section as they appear, in order:

Dust Storm. Colorado, J.H. Ward, Library of Congress.
Father and sons walking in the face of a dust storm. Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Arthur Rothstein, Library of Congress.
Migrant Mother in a tent, Dorothea Lange, Library of Congress.
Migrant Mother, Dorothea Lange, Library of Congress.
Preparing Dinner in a migrant camp, Berrien County, Michigan.