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  • Black Death

    Jordan McMullin

    Hardcover (Greenhaven, March 19, 2003)
    Describes the 1347-1351 outbreak of plague in Europe, known as the Black Death, which killed one out of three people and changed the course of European history.

  • Chernobyl Disaster

    Rebecca Rissman

    Paperback (Core Library, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Looks at the causes of, reactions to, and consequences of the 1986 nuclear reactor explosion in Chernobyl, and discusses steps that have been taken to ensure a similar disaster does not occur again.
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  • Flu Pandemic of 1918

    Professor Manning Marable

    Library Binding (Core Library, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Across the globe, devastating disasters have changed the course of history. This title brings the flu pandemic of 1918 to life with well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more. Explore the tragedies and triumphs of this disaster, how it helped shape the world as we know it, and how what weve learned from it has made the world a safer place. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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  • Chernobyl Disaster

    Rebecca Rissman, Adriana Petryna

    Library Binding (Core Library, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Across the globe, devastating disasters have changed the course of history. This title brings the Chernobyl disaster to life with well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more. Explore the tragedies and triumphs of this disaster, how it helped shape the world as we know it, and how what weve learned from it has made the world a safer place. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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  • Sinking of the Titanic

    Anita Yasuda

    Library Binding (Core Library, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Across the globe, devastating disasters have changed the course of history. This title brings the sinking of the Titanic to life with well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more. Explore the tragedies and triumphs of this disaster, how it helped shape the world as we know it, and how what weve learned from it has made the world a safer place. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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  • Challenger Explosion

    Roberta Baxter

    Library Binding (Core Library, Sept. 1, 2013)
    Across the globe, devastating disasters have changed the course of history. This title brings the challenger explosion to life with well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more. Explore the tragedies and triumphs of this disaster, how it helped shape the world as we know it, and how what weve learned from it has made the world a safer place. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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  • Superstorm Sandy

    Rachel Bailey

    Paperback (Core Library, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Discusses Superstorm Sandy including how hurricanes form, what states did to prepare for Sandy, and the terrible aftermath of the storm.
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  • Sinking of the Titanic

    John Dudman, Richard Scollins

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, March 1, 1988)
    Provides an eyewitness account of the sinking of the Titanic, describes the inquiries that followed, and discusses the recent discovery of the ship's wreckage. Glossary. Bibliography
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  • The Attack on the Lusitania

    Rupert Matthews

    Library Binding (Bookwright Pr, Aug. 1, 1989)
    An account of the attack and sinking of the passenger liner, the Lusitania, by the German torpedo during World War I.
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  • The Black Death

    James Day

    Library Binding (Bookwright Pr, Aug. 1, 1989)
    Examines the origins, spread, and effects of the bubonic plague in fourteenth-century England and Europe, as well as the later discovery of its cause and cure.
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  • Hurricane Katrina

    Peggy Caravantes

    Library Binding (Core Library, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Across the globe, devastating disasters have changed the course of history. This title brings Hurricane Katrina to life with well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more. Explore the tragedies and triumphs of this disaster, how it helped shape the world as we know it, and how what weve learned from it has made the world a safer place. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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  • The Eruption of Krakatoa

    Rupert Matthews, Tony Smith, Peter Bull

    Library Binding (Bookwright Pr, March 1, 1989)
    An account of the eruption in 1883 of the volcano in Indonesia
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