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History and Math Web quest
Gary Paxton, Kristen Rago,
Christine Massaro
Introduction
• The purpose of this web quest is for
students to combine their skills in math and
history.
• In completing the web quest, the students
will learn about the effects of natural
disasters over the history of the world, thus
showing them the impact and relevance of
natural disasters then and now.
What students will research
• Each student will research 2 natural disasters in
world history, one from the past and one from the
modern era.
• They will summarize the events, and compare
their effects’ on populations.
• Students can choose from a variety of natural
disasters, including but not limited to this list:
Black Death, Irish Potato Famine, Hurricane
Katrina, South Asian Tsunami (2004), Great 1906
San Francisco Earthquake
• http://www.nbc10.com/news/4030540/detail.html
South Asian Tsunami
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The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community
as the great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake was an undersea
earthquake that occurred December 26, 2004, with an epicenter off the
west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
The earthquake triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the
coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing large
numbers of people and inundating coastal communities across South
and Southeast Asia, including parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and
Thailand.
Although initial estimates had put the worldwide death toll at over
275,000 with thousands of others missing, more recent analysis
compiled by the United Nations lists a total of 229,866 people lost,
including 186,983 dead and 42,883 missing.
Bubonic Plague (Black Death)
http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html
CAUSE
• In the early 1330s an outbreak
of deadly bubonic plague
occurred in China.
• Once people are infected, they
infect others very rapidly.
• Plague causes fever and a
painful swelling of the lymph
glands called buboes, which is
how it gets its name.
• The disease also causes spots on
the skin that are red at first and
then turn black.
EFFECT
• After five years 25 million
people were dead--one-third of
Europe's people.
• Medieval society never
recovered from the results of
the plague. So many people had
died that there were serious
labor shortages all over Europe.
This led workers to demand
higher wages, but landlords
refused those demands.
• By the end of the 1300s peasant
revolts broke out in England,
France, Belgium and Italy.
• Fewer people, more food, lower
food prices, more money to
spend
Population Decline
• 25 million people died
in just under five years
between 1347 and 1352.
Estimated population of
Europe from 1000 to
1352.
• 1000 38 million
• 1100 48 million
• 1200 59 million
• 1300 70 million
• 1347 75 million
• 1352 50 million
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Hurricane Katrina
Courtesy of Google Images
Hurricane Katrina
• On Monday, 29 August 2005, Hurricane
Katrina careened into the Gulf Coast, putting
80% of New Orleans under water.
• The nation's most costly natural disaster,
Katrina killed more than 1,600 people.
• Destroyed 200,000 Gulf Coast homes
• Displaced about 1 million people
http://uspolitics.about.com/od/katrina/l/bl_katrina_st
ats.htm
Hurricane Katrina
• http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/katri
na/
• http://www.census.gov/PressRelease/www/releases/archives/hurricanes_
tropical_storms/005672.htm
• http://uspolitics.about.com/od/katrina/l/bl_k
atrina_stats.html
Irish Potato Famine
• http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/f
amine/
Great San Francisco Earthquake
1906
• http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/190
6/18april/index.php
Academic Standards
• This meets the New Jersey Academic
Standard for Social Studies 6.3, World
History:
• All students will demonstrate knowledge of
world history in order to understand events
in the past and how they relate to the
present and future.