Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp Audiobook By Jerry Stanley cover art

Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp

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This true story took place at the emergency farm-labor camp immortalized in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Ostracized as "dumb Okies," the children of Dust Bowl migrant laborers went without school--until Superintendent Leo Hart and 50 Okie kids built their own school in a nearby field. "The story is inspiring, and Stanley has recorded the details with passion and dignity. An excellent curriculum item."--(starred) Booklist. Geography & Cultures History School & Education North America Explore the World Animals & Nature Disasters Education & Learning Nature

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"The story is inspiring, and Stanley has recorded the details with passion and dignity. An excellent curriculum item."--(starred) Booklist.
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I’d love to see pictures of this camp if possible! Every teacher and superintendent should read this yearly as they form their goals for the school.

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