Nature's Fury
Read the Fine Print
- Subject:
- Social Sciences
- Institution Name:
- American Memory
- Collection:
- Library of Congress
- Grade Level:
- Primary, Secondary
- Abstract:
This lesson invites students to read personal accounts of natural disasters in the U.S. during the late 1800s and early 1990s -- the great Chicago fire (1871), the Johnstown Flood (1889), the San Francisco earthquake and fire (1906), the Titanic (1912), the 1918 Flu Epidemics, the Dust Bowl (1930s-40s). Students research a disaster and create a presentation in which they assume the role of a witness to the event.
- Course Type:
- Learning Module
- Languages:
- English
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plans
- Media Format:
- Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML
- Conditions of Use:
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