Children's Blizzard of 1888

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Children's Blizzard of 1888

A Cause-and-Effect Investigation

Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past Children’s / Teenage general interest: Physical world

Author: Nel Yomtov

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Language: English

Published by: Lerner Publications™

Published on: 1st August 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 40 pages

ISBN: 9781512421132


On January 12, 1888, a sudden blizzard

A 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?

Understanding the Impact of a Disaster

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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