Compare & Contrast
Does the below text describes "Letters from the Dust Bowl", "Turning Dust into Art", or Both Passages.
Written from a first-person point of view ("I", "we") describing personal daily chores during a dust storm.
Letters from the Dust Bowl
Which quote from "Letters from the Dust" best supports that farm owners used specific daily tactics—such as Vaseline in their nostrils and oiled window cloths—to protect themselves from dirt. (Name the paragraph)
"Wearing our shade hats, with handkerchiefs tied over our faces and Vaseline in our nostrils, we have been trying to rescue our home..." (paragraph 3)
What is the central idea of "Letters from the Dust Bowl"?
Caroline Henderson and her family constantly battle blowing dirt while struggling with the painful decision of whether to abandon their farm.
Read this sentence from paragraph 3 of "Turning Dust into Art":
"Art also conveyed the reality of what was happening."
What does the word conveyed mean in this context?
Communicated or expressed
Based on "Turning Dust into Art" what inferences can be made about Dorothea Lange’s attitude toward her work as a photographer?
She cared deeply about using her camera to expose the hardships of the rural poor.
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She was willing to endure long travel and difficult camp conditions to capture authentic moments.
Does the below text describes "Letters from the Dust Bowl", "Turning Dust into Art", or Both Passages.
Explains that dust storms caused "dust pneumonia" and killed farm animals.
Turning Dust into Art
What sentence from "Letters from the Dust Bowl" best supports the inference:
Fine dirt constantly penetrated small openings, requiring ongoing physical effort and creative tactics to keep indoor spaces livable. (Name the paragraph)
"I keep oiled cloths on the window sills and between the upper and lower sashes. They help just a little to . . . collect the dust." (paragraph 4)
In "Turning Dust into Art", how does the author support the central idea that art was a powerful tool for revealing the reality of the Dust Bowl and helping those in need?
By explaining that Lange’s famous "Migrant Mother" photograph moved the government to send emergency food to a starving camp.
Read this sentence from paragraph 7 of "Letters from the Dust Bowl":
"We can’t hold out indefinitely without some return from the land, some source of income, however small."
What does the word indefinitely mean as it is used in this sentence?
For an unlimited or unknown length of time
What can the reader infer about why the Resettlement Administration (RA) hired photographers like Dorothea Lange during the Dust Bowl?
They believed visual evidence of rural poverty would raise public awareness and encourage government support for suffering families.
Does the below text describes "Letters from the Dust Bowl", "Turning Dust into Art", or Both Passages.
Highlights how people endured severe economic and physical hardships during the 1930s drought.
Both
Which quotation from "Turning Dust into Art" best supports the inference:
They believed visual evidence of rural poverty would raise public awareness and encourage government support for suffering families. (Name the paragraph)
"The agency’s purpose was to raise awareness of rural poverty. The RA hired Lange to record the people’s crisis with her camera." (paragraph 5)
What is the central idea of paragraphs 7–9 in "Turning Dust into Art"?
Dorothea Lange’s encounter with a desperate mother resulted in an iconic photograph that captured the human cost of the Dust Bowl and prompted immediate aid.
Read this sentence from paragraph 3 of Passage 1:
"Our recent transition from rain-soaked eastern Kansas . . . to the dust-covered desolation of No Man’s Land was a difficult change to crowd into one short day’s travel."
What does the word desolation mean as it is used in this sentence?
A state of emptiness, ruin, and loneliness
What can be inferred about the families who used to live in homes that Caroline Henderson describes as abandoned ?
They left the region because they could no longer survive the financial and physical toll of the dust storms.
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They experienced immense loss and disappointment after investing years of hard work into land that yielded no crops.