1. When and where were these images created?

2.  What is happening in the images?

3. What specific people/objects do you see? 

4. What do you notice about the object's condition or the people's expressions or appearance?

5. Why would the person choose this particular scene to capture in an image?

6. What information do the words accompanying the images provide?

7. What is missing from the image?

8. What problems for people are suggested by the images?

9.  What is interesting or surprising about these images?

10. What additional information about the event did you learn from  these images?
 
 

1. When and where did this interview take place?

2. What encounter with nature is described in this personal account?

3. How long after the event occurred was this inteview made?

4. What words or phrases best create a visual image of the event?

5. What attitude towards this event does the person seem to have?

6. Who or what at does this person seem to believe is responsible for this event occurring?

7. What problems or effects does the event seem to have had on people's lives?

8.  What lesson does this person seem to have learned from this event?

9. Is there anything interesting or surprising to you about this person's reaction to the situation?

10. What new insights into the natural event does this interview provide you?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lyrics Analysis:
 
 

1. If there is a cover to this piece of sheet music, examine it carefully.  What message does the cover give you about the event?

2. What natural event is this song about?

3. Read through the lyrics. Write a  summary describing the main idea of the song.

4. List any words in the song with which you are not familiar.

5. Choose one or two phrases of the song that are interesting to you. Explain why they caught your attention.

6. Who or what does the song writer feel is responsible for the event?

7. What problems or effects of the event are mentioned in the song?

8. What new insights does this song give you about the event described?

9. What surprises you about the song?

10. What questions do you have?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  1. What additional information
  about the event did the other sources
  provide? 

 The Titanic Disaster
New York Herald, April 15, 1912

Serial & Government Publications Division (53.1, Library of Congress, Treasures

Personal Account:
 

Source Document
 

Lyrics:
 

In Memory of the Heroes of the Ill-Fated "Titanic"
The Band Played "Nearer My God to Thee" as the Ship Went Down.

On a peaceful night
Thro' the starlight bright
There a good ship plowed her way,
She was heading straight
For the Port of Fate,
Ere the breaking of the day.
Now our lips are stilled,
And our eyes are filled,
And our hearts with sorrow torn,
But we'll sing of the brave,
And the lives they gave,
For the loved ones left  to mourn.

There the brave men stood,
As true heroes should,
With their hearts in faith sublime,
And their names shall be fond memory,
Until the end of Time.
And the band was bravely playing
The song of Cross and Crown:
"Nearer my God to Thee,"
As the ship went down.

There's no story told
Of true heroes bold,
That can dim the honor due,
To the martyrs brave,
In their nameless grave,
Neath the ocean's waves of blue.
And in future years,
When are dried the tears
Of the ones that bear their name,
Sweetest memories divine,
Shall our hearts entwine,
For the glory of their fame.
 
 

Source document

Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 (from Duke University), Library of Congress 

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