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	DISCUSSION PROMPTS for Chapter 1:  · Describe the setting established in the first chapter. What color imagery do you note here? How does it create emotion?  ·  Describe the family unit as it comes into being here. What are the distinct roles assigned to father, mother, and children?  ·  How do the people continually make physical contact with the earth? Related web sites: About the Dustbowl - a Brief overview from Modern American Poetry's Website on the Great Depression period. Could It Happen Again? - Scientific speculation about the possibility of another American famine. Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas. NOAA Photo Library, Historic NWS collection Interview about Dust Storms in Oklahoma - Recording of Mrs. Flora Robertson talking in 1940 about her experiences with dust storms in Oklahoma. This is only one of many fascinating MP3 files in The Library of Congress collection "Voices of the Dustbowl." Surviving The Dustbowl (Companion website to PBS's The American Experience) Contains the following categories: Program Description, an Enhanced Transcript , References, Eye Witness Accounts, The Government's New Deal Remedies, Timeline, Maps, People and Events.