5.+Fifth+Grade

Tragic Events in History Research Project Pathfinder
= START HERE!!!! = For your topic, start with these resources to give you background information. Use the key words to get right to your information. **Encyclopedia Britannica** (a good encyclopedia for getting the big picture) **KidsInfobits** (encyclopedia, magazine, and newspaper articles) **Discovery Education** (videos, encyclopedia articles, images)

**Topics**

 * 1906 San Francisco earthquake**
 * keywords:** 1906 earthquake, 1906 San Francisco earthquake, great 1906 earthquake
 * United States Geological Survey: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/index.php
 * Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake


 * Challenger Explosion**
 * keywords:** Challenger explosion, Challenger disaster
 * Davinder Mahal's page __ http://www.mahal.org/articles/space/1995/12/the-space-shuttle-challenger-accident/page/1 __ (a link from the NASA page - has good diagrams)
 * President Reagan's Address to the Nation http://history.nasa.gov/reagan12886.html
 * Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger


 * Exxon Valdez Oil Spill**
 * keywords:** Exxon Valdez, Exxon Valdez oil spill
 * The Encyclopedia of Earth http://www.eoearth.org/article/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill
 * City of Valdez, Alaska - history http://www.valdezalaska.org/history/oilSpill.html
 * National Geographic Story from 2004 http://www.valdezalaska.org/history/oilSpill.html
 * Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill


 * Hindenburg Explosion**
 * keywords:** Hindenburg, Hindenburg explosion
 * Navy Lakehurst Historical Society: http://www.nlhs.com/hindenburg.htm
 * Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster
 * Titanic of the Sky http://www.vidicom-tv.com/tohiburg.htm
 * About.com: http://americanhistory.about.com/od/hindenburg/a/hindenburg.htm
 * Discovery Education Video: []

http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/
 * World War II (The Holocaust)**
 * keywords:**
 * Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_war_2
 * Holocaust Encyclopedia: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143
 * Holocaust: Crimes, Heroes, And Villains: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143
 * About.com: http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/blholocaust.htm
 * A tragic Legacy:


 * Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination**
 * keywords:**
 * Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._assassination
 * About.com/ http://history1900s.about.com/cs/martinlutherking/a/mlkassass.htm
 * infoplease http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlk1.html
 * MBC: http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/K/htmlK/kingmartin/kingmartin.htm


 * Oklahoma City Bombing**
 * keywords:**


 * Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_city_bombing
 * Google Books: [|http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=-d4OiBMjIvoC&dq=Oklahoma City Bombing&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=0vt5GXn0iD&sig=SOAiX9cLXQwd6TxVwWSUaeNICSE&ei=AfiKSdebFZjeM76pmdsH&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA9,M1]
 * About.com: http://history1900s.about.com/cs/crimedisaster/p/okcitybombing.htm


 * Titanic**
 * keywords:**


 * Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_sinking_of_the_RMS_Titanic
 * Titanic: http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/
 * Titanic: http://www.titanic1.org/
 * Encyclopedia: http://www.britannica.com/titanic/01_01.html


 * September 11th Attacks**
 * keywords:**


 * Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11
 * http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020909/index.html


 * Chernobyl**
 * keywords:**


 * Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster
 * http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/chernobyl/inf07.html
 * http://library.thinkquest.org/3426/


 * Black Death (Bubonic Plague)**
 * keywords:**


 * Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death
 * http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/
 * http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/Black.html
 * http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plague.htm


 * Great Irish Famine (Potato Famine)**
 * keywords:**


 * Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Irish_Famine
 * http://www.nde.state.ne.us/ss/irish/irish_pf.html
 * http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/irish_famine.html
 * [|http://www.albany.edu/~ag1704/pathfinder.html]


 * 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake**
 * keywords:**


 * Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake
 * http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2005/01/
 * http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/0/2004_indian_ocean_earthquake.htm


 * The Great Chicago Fire**


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire
 * http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/
 * http://www.chicagohs.org/history/fire.html
 * http://www.thechicagofire.com/


 * 35W Bridge Collapse**


 * http://www.startribune.com/local/11593606.html
 * http://www.startribune.com/projects/11608881.html
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge
 * http://www.dot.state.mn.us/i35wbridge/index.html
 * http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/bridge/
 * http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/minneapolisrebuilds/