This page is dedicated to the catastrophic events that shaped our lands and our history. Some events were due to nature. Others were due to events brought on by man himself. Many of them changed places and communities forever.
Has your community experienced such an event? We invite you to be a "citizen journalist" as you report about what happened. Perhaps you lived through Hurricane Katrina and its effects. Maybe your community suffered a flood, a tornado, or an earthquake. What accounts do you have of these events and how they changed or altered the community in which you live?
Exemplars:
The following schools were the first to take part in this project. Please study their formats as models for your own projects:
- XXXXXXX Central Schools, XXXXXXXXXXX School:
- "Hurricane Katrina"
Catastrophic Events
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