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In lecture eleven we learned about the dust storms and the dust bowl. We learned about the event by lecture and by watching two videos. In the first video “The Plow that Broke the Plains” the image was that the people were told to go and plow the land and make it profitable. Then the land turned and became un-workable. The dust storms came and the people were told to move away and abandon there farms. In the second movie “Rain for the Earth” the thought was that the animals could survive and last. The people were also told to stay and wait out the dust storms and keep working. They were told that the land would turn around. Then in lecture we were set straight. We learned that people did not move off the land like the first movie showed; however they stayed like the second movie showed.

I think this lecture was very interesting. I knew of the dust storms before the lecture but it was still fun learning about them again. I thought it was neat seeing the two views of the different movies. I also think that it was interesting how the first video made the people look like the bad guys. In the beginning the people were told to plow the land and then were told that they did wrong in plowing the land and that they were the cause of the problem. It just seems a little strange. Over all this was a fun lecture.