Enrichment: Fire Disasters - Curriculum Integration Activity Objective Outcome Activities Supplies Multiple Intelligence Thinking Skill

Learning Standard: State Goal 16D - Understand Illinois, United States and world social history.

Objective: Compare and contrast the disasters by creating a Cartesian Graph.
Outcome: Cartesian Graph (Visual)

Activities:

1. London
2. Portland, Maine

	Direct students to read The Yellowstone National Park Fire with a partner.
	Invite students to research other fire disasters and add them to the data table:
	Distribute the Cartesian Graph to each partner.
	Direct students to complete data table.
	Invite students to share findings with the class.

Illinois Double Entry Journal Prompt 40:

What experiences have you had with fire? (e.g. birthday candles, campfire, fireplace, barbecue grill, matches, lighter, explosion on TV)

Multiple Intelligences: Interpersonal and Spatial
Thinking Skill: Analysis

Supplies:
1.  "Earth Patrol" (fourth grade book from the Houghton-Mifflin reading series)
2.  Cartesian Graph
3.  Illinois Double Entry Journal

Student Groupings:
Partner pairs
Individual student work

Collaborators: Patti Besick, Mary Alice Lindvall, Sue Zerafa Created: 09/16/98 Modified: 05/24/06 School District 54, Schaumburg, Illinois http://web54.sd54.k12.il.us/district54/socst/illinois/lessons/enrichment1.htm