Disasters+and+Change+-+5.2

5th Grade Reading Street Disaster Resources
How did society triumph (or not) from disasters in Illinois? Select one of the disasters and discover what caused the disaster and how expectations / laws have changed after the disaster. [|5-2-1 Disasters Directions.doc]
 * Triumph from Tragedy: How Do Disasters Change Peoples Lives? **

Cherry Mine Fire
[|Article from Illinois Historyhttp://www.state.il.us/hpa/Illinois%20History/Klein.pdf] //LaSalle Tribune// Newspaper Articles [] [|New York Times Articlehttp://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B0DE0D61539E433A25753C2A9639C946196D6CF&oref=slogin] [|Overview of the Disasterhttp://www.pekin.net/library/background.html] Red Cross []

Chicago Tunnel
University of Illinois Chicago Historian [|https://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/bitstream/2142/96/2/Chicago Freight Tunnel Flood, 1992.pdf] [|Public Radiohttp://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=10023] [|Transcript of Hearinghttp://www.univ-nancy2.fr/Amphis/images/films/NB_Transcription_Loop-Flooding.pdf] [|Who's at Fault?http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEFD61038F932A25753C1A964958260]

Cook County Building
[|Event Summaryhttps://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/bitstream/2142/97/2/Cook%20County%20Administration%20Building%20Fire%2c%202003.pdf] [|Laws to Improve Safetyhttp://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?RecNum=4218&SubjectID=49] [|Photo Galleryhttp://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/10/18/chicago.fire.ap/] Settlement Video Clip http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6108595

Eastland
[|Memorial Web Sitehttp://www.eastlandmemorial.org/eastland4.shtml] [|Causes of the Disasterhttp://www.eastlandmemorial.org/eastland7.shtml] [|PBS: Chicago Stories - The Eastlandhttp://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=1,7,1,1,12] Eastland Disaster Historical Society [] Personal accounts of survivors. Interesting information, but not critical for your project.

Elmhurst Flood
[|Elmhurst Quarry Flood Controlhttp://ec.dupageco.org/dec/elmhurst.htm] [|Salt Creek Watershed Networkhttp://www.saltcreekwatershed.org/CurrentTopics.htm] [|How Our Flood Problems Developedhttp://www.mwrdgc.dst.il.us/engineering/ourcommunityflooding/OCFBody0100.htm] [|Am. Public Works Awardshttp://www.lib.niu.edu/1993/im930411.html]

Iroquois Theater
[|Overviewhttp://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/PDF/iroquois.pdf] [|Overviewhttp://www.inficad.com/~ksup/iroquois.html] [|Chicago Tribune Articlehttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-chicagodays-iroquoisfire-story,0,6395565.story]

Our Lady of Angels
[|Coroner's Recommendationhttp://www.olafire.com/Coroner.asp] [|News Reports Indexhttp://www.olafire.com/NewsFrame.asp] [|Overview of Firehttp://www.olafire.com/FireSummary.asp]

York Library Link to AP Images - Select AP Photos
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