1. When and where was this image captured?

2.  What is happening in this image?

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?

6. What information do the words accompanying the image 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 this image?

10. What additional information about the event did you learn from  this image?

Personal Account Analysis:

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?
 

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. Find their meanings in a dictionary.

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 source provide? 
 

Tsunami Generated by Earthquake of May 22, 1960, Coast of Chile. Aftermath of the Chilean tsunami in the Waiakea area of Hilo, Hawaii, 10,000 km from the generating area. Parking meters were bent by the force of the debris-filled waves. Note the scattered debris and the gutted foundation. The earthquake off the coast of central Chile generated this tsunami that affected the entire Pacific Basin. One of the most seriously affected areas was Hilo, Hawaii, where 61 deaths and $23 million in damage occurred. In the area of maximum destruction, only buildings of
reinforced concrete or structural steel, and a few others sheltered by these buildings, remained standing--and even these were generally gutted. Frame buildings either were crushed or floated nearly to the limits of flooding. Photograph Credit: U.S. Navy.
 
 

Source: Click here

Personal Account:

Lori interviewed James Fujimoto, a survivor of the May 23, 1960 tsunami.
 
 

Click here to read the interview from the source document.

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"Tidal Wave Disaster"

Ý
You fishermen of the island
come listen to my song,
It is only a few verses
and it will not delay you long.
Concerning a disaster
was caused by an earthquake,
And also of a tidal wave
which followed in its wake.
Begin on November the eighteenth
boys we sure all got a shock,
When we heard the rumble in the air
and the earth began to rock.
And in a short time
after the wave did overflow,
And the fishing stores and stages
before it all did go.
But the worst of all was human lives
I am sorry to relate,
We will never forget it boys
the night of the earthquake.
Three precious lives of Point au Gaul
were sitting in their home,
Not thinking of any danger
were swept into their tomb.
It swept in over Taylorís Bay
with all its greedy glee,
And five more precious lives
that night went to eternity.
Now, I will mention Lordís Cove
and oh how said its gloom,
A mother and three children dear
were drowned in their home.
They had no chance whatever
their precious lives to save,
Their home it was surrounded
all by the tidal wave.
Higher every moment
the greedy wave came on,
Till it swept their home from off its shores
and lodged it in the pond.
The mother and her children
were sitting there below,
They had no time to go upstairs
it struck them like a blow.
There was one survivor
a girl scarce four years old,
Upstairs was lying in her bed
though she was icy cold.
After kindly treatment
this child did soon survive,
And I hope she will live not to forget
the men that saved her life.
You people all both great and small
itís very hard I know,
But he that rules the wind and tide
could strike a harder blow.
You people who are left to mourn
with you I will sympathize,
And those ones you loved
I will hope you will meet beyond the skies.
Now I will think Iíll finish up
I think I did my best,
I hope they are all in heaven
safe with God to rest.
I havenít got much learning
but my verses speak the truth,
I am only a poor fisherman
belong to Roundabout.

Composed by John J. Lambe

Note: Although not written to describe this particular tsunami, this song reflects the feelings of the composer to a similar event.

Source: Click here

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