The Children's Blizzard of 1888 : A Cause-and-Effect Investigation PDF
by Nel Yomtov
Description
On January 12, 1888, a sudden blizzard barreled across Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and the Dakota Territory.
Blinding snow and howling wind took rural towns by surprise.
Many children were stranded in one-room schoolhouses.
Far from their homes on the Midwestern prairie, would the people caught in the storm survive?To understand the impact of a disaster, you must understand its causes.
How did warm weather earlier in the day give people a false sense of safety?
How did the lack of an accurate forecast contribute to the severity of the disaster?
Investigate the disaster from a cause-and-effect perspective and find out!
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Lerner Publishing Group
- Publication Date:01/08/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781512411294