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TOPIC SELECTION

EQ: How can I develop an understanding of a disaster using relevant facts, definitions, details, quotations, or other information?

Define the Task

Getting Started List 

  • Not sure what kind of disaster you want to research? Check out the getting started list for background information on different disasters.

What kind of disaster?

Identify the Information Needed

  • Where did the disaster occur?
  • When did the disaster occur?
  • How/why did it occur?
  • What was the loss of life and/or property?
  • What major problems followed the disaster?
  • What else about this disaster was important, unique, and/or interesting?

Use the databases to help you select a disaster. 

OPAC

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DiscoveryEd

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Facts on File

Historical Newspapers

eLibrary

Infobase

There are 12 titles under World History.