On Highway 66

Look for answers to the following questions in paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Capitol Museum website extract.

1. What expression is used to describe the Dust Bowl?

2. What happened to the crops?

3. Why did this happen?

4. Why was it impossible to stay in these places?

Read paragraph 3 from the website page. Can you draw some arrows on this map to show the migrations caused by the dust bowl?

Have a look at this picture from the movie adaptation ofThe Grapes of Wrathand answer these questions.

1.Can you guess who the people are?

2.Why is their truck so full?

3.Look at the woman on the left. Who is she?

4.How does she feel?

5.Can you guess why they are leaving?

6.Can you guess where they are going?

Let's have a look the Grapes of Wrath novel image.

1. What type of document is it?

2. Can you identify the title and the author?

3. Can you imagine what this book is about?

Find the info in the text:

Date of birth
Job
Titles of his novels
Awards
Date of death

Write 5 simple and short sentences about this famous writer. Each sentence should start with “He”.

Read the first paragraph of the text and look at the map to answer these questions.

1.Can you describe the U.S. Highway 66? How many states does it cross?

2.How was the experience for people who took the Highway 66 in the 1930s? Use words from the text to justify your answer.

3.What words are used to describe people taking Highway 66? In your opinion, what does it mean?

Fleeing from the Dust Bowl