Golden rays of sunlight pierced the blue sky. Today was a hot day. There had been no rain last month. A young child played in the fields while his father harvested the crops. The boy was playing among the newly harvested golden vegetables. There were a lot more vegetables than he remembered from years past. The boy knew they were going to sell most of this harvest. Where are the other plants he remembers? Why was corn the only thing that grew? Why is it in straight lines instead of winding around the property like it usually does? He thinks about these questions on the way to school. Today, unlike usual, his teacher let him leave school early. Although he didn't think about it as the sky grew dark. It was almost as if a monster had eaten the sun. Not only was it dark, but the wind was starting to blow. The wind is like a wolf howling under the full moon. When he arrived home, his father rushed him inside. The first of many dust storms hit and the period known as the Dust Bowl began. The Dust Bowl was a brutal period in Midwestern history; farmers were forced off their land and forced to find new homes in new states. On a website called Drought Disasters, sponsored by Browing University, it was written "the seeds of the Dust Bowl may have been sown in the early 1920s. However, overproduction of wheat coupled with the Great Depression led to a sharp drop in market prices” (Black Sunday). In ICE case study number 288, Noel Sanders writes: "The Dust Bowl region was the area most affected by drought: Kansas, southeastern Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and North Texas. But much larger areas, up to the east coast, were affected” (Sander). With the help of a new robot...... middle of paper ....... "Calling Off School for Dust". Dusty depression: Nebraska's nightmare. The Nebraska Educational Foundation, 2002. Web. February 1, 2014. . (Dale). Franz, Marie. Images of the world of yesteryear. Montezuma Kansas: Montezuma, 1985. Print. (Franz). Overmiller, Dulcie. “The dust bowl.” The Depression era frames the story. The Robin Educational Foundation, November 24, 2003. Web. February 8, 2014. . (Overmiller).Robinson, Bart. Telephone interview. March 14, 2014. (Robinson). Sander, Noel. “American dust bowl”. American dust bowl. American University, May 2013. Web. March 09, 2014. . (Sander).Winter, Stella. "All right." History of California Agriculture. The California Framers Association, 2004. Web. February 10, 2014. . (Winter).