The Children's Blizzard of 1888: A Cause-And-Effect Investigation

By Nel Yomtov

On January 12, 1888, a sudden blizzard barreled across Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and the Dakota Territory. Blinding snow and howling wind took rural towns by surprise. Many children were stranded in one-room schoolhouses. Far from their homes on the Midwestern prairie, would the people caught in the storm survive?

To understand the impact of a disaster, you must understand its causes. How did warm weather earlier in the day give people a false sense of safety? How did the lack of an accurate forecast contribute to the severity of the disaster? Investigate the disaster from a cause-and-effect perspective and find out

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512411183
• ISBN13: 9781512411188
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7