6th Graders Study the Dust Bowl

The sixth grade classes learned about the Great Depression when reading Bud, Not Buddy. In the enrichment room, they extended their study by learning about the Dust Bowl. After some research and reading more fiction that takes place during that time period, they wrote essays and poems and published them into these beautiful books.

Here are some close-ups of one of the books so you can get an idea of how it was constructed.