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Assignment #32 and #33: Water, Farming, and Dust bowl

Photo source: America’s Story We will be looking at how America has changed as more people have come west. Today, we looked at how water is being moved to farms in what was once dessert. Think about this, as you read these accounts of the results of not farming wisely in the 1930s: Dust bowl [...]

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Assignment #31: Immigration… Where are we from?

Photo: Indian tribes, Cultures & Languages Map Collections 1500-2004 Library of Congress All Americans who are not descended from Native Americans had ancestors that came from somewhere else in the world. Please share where some of your ancestors came from in a comment. After that, do this activities to learn more about Native Americans (who [...]

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