Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j87D3WG05217; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:03:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:03:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s31eab46.032@BG_NW1.bosglazier.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Carole Bos" <cbos@bosglazier.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:11110] Helping Students Understand Katrina X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.4 Status: O Content-Length: 1084 Lines: 10 Tomorrow, September 8th, is the anniversary of the "monster hurricane" which destroyed Galveston, Texas in 1900. Without a sea wall and reliable weather predictions, at least 8,000 people died when the Gulf of Mexico covered the town. Absent a greater death toll from Katrina, it remains America's deadliest natural disaster. Linking to primary sources at the National Archives, the Library of Congress and the Rosenberg Library in Galveston - together with several National Weather Service animations showing how hurricanes form - this new story may help students understand storms like Katrina. It will also demonstrate how people and government, working together, can learn from past mistakes and rebuild a city. Here is the link to the story. http://www.awesomestories.com/disasters/galveston/galveston_storm_ch1.htm The site, AwesomeStories, is free to all educators, schools and libraries. You just have to request academic membership at the site's main URL. http://www.awesomestories.com/ Carole Bos, J.D. GVSU Dean's Advisory Board and Editor of AwesomeStories
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