The Great Chicago Fire
Mr. Marshall
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(82)
A Colossal Disaster in American History #academic
Class experience
US Grade 6 - 9
The Great Chicago Fire was one worst disasters to befall an American City. How and why did it happen? What events led to this disaster, and what can we learn from it today. And why do we blame Mrs. O'Leary's Cow for starting the fire? Told through the eyes of people close to these events, including the O'Leary Family, and based on the Jim Murphy's Scholastic book, The Great Fire (1995). I. A City Ready to Burn II. Everything Went Wrong III. The Dogs of Hell Were on the Housetops IV. A...
This class is taught in English.
This course presents an overview of the events of the Great Chicago Fire. My courses follow an interactive, question-and-answer format, with lesson slides and a Kahoot Quiz at the end to reinforce the material covered.
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2 files available upon enrollmentRecommended readling: Murphy, Jim. The Great Fire. New York: Scholastic Inc, 2006.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Fire is destructive by nature, and many people died as a result of the fire, but the class will not dwell deeply on injury and death.
History.com Short Film https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/great-chicago-fire Encyclopedia of Chicago Fire Limits http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/3890.html Encyclopedia Britannica Infographic https://www.britannica.com/event/Chicago-fire-of-1871#/media/1/110459/214926 Mrs. O’Leary and Her Cow Cleared of Starting Chicago Fire http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-10-06-9710070022-story.html#share=email~story Web of Memory https://www.greatchicagofire.org/item/ichi-51522/
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(82)
Homeschoolers welcome! I offer interactive and fun social studies and history classes for learners from 8 to 18. Most of my classes are based on a high-quality Young Adult history book. Before Outschool, I taught U.S. History and Culture at...
Group Class
$21
per classMeets once
55 min
Completed by 25 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-15
3-8 learners per class
