Webquests

__**Blue Willow Vocabulary**__  __**Blue Willow**__

Weather affected every aspect of farm life during the 1930s, especially the migration of families. Have your students read and discuss this information. Your student can visit these Wessels links to learn more about what people in Nebraska did for fun during the 1930s. Since this story takes place during the Depression, have your students visit these sections on the Wessels site to learn more about school days in the 1930s. To learn more about the migration of Okies and others from the Great Plains have the students read and discuss the information from these sites: Other links:
 * Drought Facts
 * What does Drought do to Crops?
 * The Dust Bowl
 * Calling Off School for Dust
 * [|Telling Tales out of School]
 * [|Red Dust from Oklahoma]
 * Having Fun
 * Fun at the Movies
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Fun with Jazz
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Fun with Radio
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Going to School and Church
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">School Days
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">School Picnics
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Migration Out
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Riding the Rails
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Immigration In

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">The legend of the Willow pattern originated in China and has been told and passed down through many generations. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Parents/Guardians will need to assist their child with the research aspect of the Migration Map p
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Love story of the Willow pattern
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Poem about the legend

__**Moon, Mars, and Beyond EMission**__

__**Sarah, Plain and Tall**__