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Social Studies 7: Human Made Disasters

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Articles

Chilean Mine Disaster

Chile mine rescue of 2010
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica
33 miners in Chile are alive, but stuck for months
Source: Newsbank

Hiroshima

Hiroshima
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica
The Hiroshima bombing: What you need to know about the nuclear attack
Source: Newsela

Flint Michigan Water Crisis

Flint Water Crisis
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica
Flint Water Crisis
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Bhopal Gas Leak

Bhopal disaster
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica
What was Bhopal Gas Tragedy?
Source: www.business-standard.com(News Website)

Chernobyl

Chernobyl disaster
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica
Chernobyl nuclear disaster 30 years on; the problem remains unfixable
Source: Newsela

Exxon Valdez

Exxon Valdez oil spill
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica
Pain remains from the Exxon Valdez oil spill 25 years later
Source: Newsela

Databases

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Britannica Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
The most comprehensive K-12 Reference Source.
Newsela This link opens in a new window
Newsela publishes daily news articles from leading publications like The Washington Post, Scientific American, etc. at 5 reading levels to drive gains in literacy.
NewsBank - Access World News This link opens in a new window
Access world News - Historical and Current.

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Exxon Valdez

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Books in MSHS Library

Hiroshima by Michael Burgan
ISBN: 9780761440239
What Was the Bombing of Hiroshima? by Who HQ; Tim Foley (Illustrator); Jess Brallier
ISBN: 9781524792664
Trapped by Marc Aronson
ISBN: 9781416913979
Buried Alive! by Elaine Scott
ISBN: 9780547707785
Oil Spills and Offshore Drilling by Carla Mooney
ISBN: 9781601521415
Chernobyl by Todd Kortemeier
ISBN: 9781532190711
Poisoned Air by Meish Goldish
ISBN: 9781684022212

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