Activity 10: The Effects of the Great Flood of 1927 (GLEs: 2, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 58, 62, 64, 65, 70, 73, 78)
CC: Create a timeline that indicates the climatic conditions and the sequence of physical catastrophes that resulted in 27,000 square miles being flooded.
Use Timeliner software to create the timeline of conditions, events and catastrophes of the 1927 flood.
CC: Provide the students with a copy of Randy Newman's song, Louisiana 1927
Web site: Lyrics - Good Old Boys (Lyrics to Randy Newman's Louisiana 1927 song) http://www.randynewman.com/tocdiscography/disc_good_old_boys/lyricsgoodoldboys
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Great-Mississippi-Flood-of-1927
GALLERY OF LANTERN SLIDES - COLLECTIONS OF TULANE UNIVERSITY HERBARIUM http://www.tulane.edu/~darwin/LanternSlidesWeb.htm
CC: Extension Activity: Using http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flood/maps/index.html, have students find information to compare the floods of 1927 and 1993. Distribute a blank Venn diagram for students to compare the floods and also distribute blank parish maps and have them label and color the parishes affected by the floods.
Use MS Word to create the Venn diagram for comparison of the two floods. MS Word template - "The Floods of 1927 and 1993"
Extension Activity Websites: PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flood/maps/index.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flood/sfeature/sf_flood.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flood/timeline/index.html
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