Out+of+the+Dust

//Out of the Dust// is one of my favorite books. Karen Hesse writes a novel written in poetry that feels like a real-life diary. She has researched the era carefully, so the events feel real, and the characters believable. This book will make you laugh out loud one moment, and cry the next. Best of all, Hesse makes us want to pick up the pen and start writing poetry about our own life experiences. The work is an inspiration.

For this literary work, you will write a weekly update of the research you are working on, and other "tasks" I will set for you. I will present you with a different task each week. Over break, you can begin on task number one. Good luck. Enjoy learning about one incredible weather event, and the moving and difficult historical period in which it all took place.

A list of sites (by topic) is included on my teacher web page at the Calverton School in the folder at the bottom of the page marked Out of the Dust Reasearch Project.

Here are a few great sites that actually help you find information on a variety of topics for your project.

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=300#LESSON1

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