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Mrs. Armstrong's Reading Classes Research Paper Topics

Disasters

Requirements:

What Must Be Turned In:

  • Outline

  • 300-500 word report on your topic

  • Bibliography with at LEAST one source

  • Cover Page (Extra Credit Only)  This will include your name, pictures, and the name of your report.

If Handwritten:

  • Use dark blue or black ink only.

  • Use the front only of lined notebook paper.

  • Do not skip lines.

If Typed:

  • Use unlined white computer paper.

  • Your report should be double spaced, in Times New Roman font, and 12 pt. type.

  • You should have normal (e.g. 1" or 1.25")  margins. 

Due Friday, May 11th

General Resources

Grolier Online

K-12 Teaching and Learning Center

You will need to complete a source sheet for each resource.

1.  Vesuvius volcanic eruption, Italy, 79 AD buried Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesuvius

2.  The Black Death first appears in Europe in 1347.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death

 3.  Great Plague of London 1665-1666, 75,000-100,000 dead in England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plague_of_London

 4.  Great Fire of London (September, 1666) 70,000 homeless, unknown deaths. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London

 5.  1844-1848 Great Irish Famine. Over 900,000 deaths. Ireland's population then declined rapidly until the 1970s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_potato_famine

 6.  1871 Great Chicago Fire. Destroyed about 50% of the city. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire

 7.  1906 San Francisco earthquake, San Francisco, California (April 18, 1906) 478 reported deaths but 3000 more likely. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake

 8.  Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, USA (March 25, 1911), 146 killed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory

 9.  1912, April 14, sinking of RMS Titanic, 1,496 perished. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic

 10.  RMS Lusitania sinking (May 7, 1915) — 1,195–1,198 deaths. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitania

 11.  The Dustbowl-America 1930s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustbowl

 12.  Hindenburg disaster (May 6, 1937) 36 killed, including one ground crew; Zeppelin LZ 129. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster

 13.  Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_harbor

 14.  Cocoanut Grove fire, Boston, Massachusetts (November 28, 1942) 492 killed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoanut_Grove_fire

15.  Holocaust-WWII http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust

 16.  USS Indianapolis-July 30, 1945. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_%28CA-35%29

 17.  Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 6 and August 9, 1945, respectively), which killed over 214,000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki

 18.  Sabena Flight 548 (February 15, 1961) 72 killed; crashed on landing approach to Brussels, Belgium. On board were the entire United States Figure Skating team and several family members who were en route to the 1961 World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena_Flight_548

 19.  16th Street Church Bombing in Birmingham, Alabama September 15, 1963. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing

20.  Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965, Midwest, United States (April 11, 1965) 271 died. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Sunday_tornado_outbreak_of_1965

 21.  Kent State Shooting-May 4, 1970. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings

22.  Mass Suicide at Jonestown led by Jim Jones November 18, 1978. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown

 23.  Mount St. Helens, volcanic eruption May 18, 1980, killed 57. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens

 24.  Mexico City earthquake, Mexico (September 19, 1985) between 5000 and 20,000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Mexico_City_earthquake

 25.  Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion January 28, 1986. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger

 26.  Chernobyl nuclear power-plant disaster, Chernobyl, Ukraine (April 26, 1986). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_accident.

27.  Lockerbie Pan Am Boeing 747 air disaster (December 21, 1988) 270 killed (including 11 on the ground). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103 

28.  Exxon Valdez oil spill, Prince William Sound (March 24, 1989). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill

 29.  Rwandan Genocide-1994. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide

 30.  Oklahoma City Bombing-April 19, 1995. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_city_bombing

 31.  Vargas State Mudslides, Venezuela (December 1999) 10,000 to 50,000 dead or missing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Vargas_mudslide