Reading

Catastrophes and Calamities Do all of the following readings and activities in any order: ** 1. **** Tarawera Eruption  **  Read  · Tarawera Eruption” by Kevin Boon  · Tarawera http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Kids/NZDisasters/MtTarawera.asp  THEN: Imagine you were there and write diary entries describing what you see, hear, feel, smell etc. Make the diary cover a few days - not just the day of the eruption - so you will include what it was like afterwards. You are writing this from a personal point of view so make sure you get the feeling of it all across - not just the facts.

 2. ** Ballantyne's Store Fire ** READ:  · Ballantyne’s __[]__  · “Ballantyne’s Fire” by Kevin Boon THEN: Write a newspaper article that might have appeared in the paper that night detailing what happened. Write it up in columns with a headline and picture(s). Remember newspaper storied deal with who, why, what, when, where and how. Now write a follow up article that might have been in the paper a few days later dealing with the aftermath of the fire and the reasons why it happened.

 3. **The Tangiwai Train Disaster** READ:  · Tangiwai Railway Disaster __[]__  · “The Tangiwai Rail Disaster” by Kevin Boon THEN: Complete a picture/caption telling the story of what happened. Break the story up into at least 8 main points and draw a picture reflecting each point. Underneath each picture write a brief summary of that main point.

 4. **The Southland Floods** READ:  · Southland Floods __[]__  · "Friday of No Mercy" Journal Pt 3 No 1 1986 THEN: Draw a timeline of events from the time it first started raining until it was all over. Include everything that happened and make sure you get it in the right time sequence (order). Include all the dates and times you can.

 5. **The Hawke's Bay Earthquake** READ: <span style="margin-left: 54.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> · "The Napier Earthquake” by Kevin Boon <span style="margin-left: 54.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> · The Napier Earthquake __[]__  <span style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> THEN: Imagine you are interviewing a survivor of the earthquake. Write 10 questions that you will ask then write the answers you think you would get from that person. Write it up as an interview and make sure you introduce the survivor and explain who they are and where you have found them (... do not interview someone rapped under a pile of rubble instead of rescuing them!)  <span style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> 6. **The Influenza Epidemic** READ: <span style="margin-left: 2.0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -21.25pt;"> · Influenza Epidemic __[]__ <span style="margin-left: 35.45pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> THEN: Write a letter pretending you are alive at the time of the epidemic and you are writing to a friend overseas telling them what is going on. Include both facts and your own impressions/feelings.