Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix
Companion Resource
FDR's Fireside Chat: Dust Bowl
On September 6, 1936, in one of his famous fireside chat radio broadcasts, President Franklin Roosevelt describes the conditions he observed firsthand on a tour of the many states devastated by drought.
Time to Complete
3
URL
Author
The History Channel
Lessons Associated with this Resource
- From Boom to Dust
- Plant-Soil Interactions (Grades 9-12)
- Caring for the Land
- Dark Days
- Soil and Sustainability (Grades 6-8)