Buried in Dust: The History of the Dust Bowl for Kids

The sky turned black. The wind roared like a beast. The land, once rich with golden wheat, crumbled into dust and vanished into the air. Families sealed their homes with wet rags, covered their faces with masks, and watched helplessly as the world they knew disappeared under towering storms of dirt.

The 1930s brought one of the worst environmental disasters in American history. A massive drought, combined with years of poor farming practices, turned the Great Plains into a barren wasteland. ...