Cause-and-Effect Disasters

Provide readers with a deeper understanding of history through a cause-and-effect analysis of well-known disasters. What decisions were made, what shortcuts were taken, or what heroic acts led to the ultimate outcomes? Even the most reluctant readers won’t be able to resist engaging in these gripping stories, which are full of action and suspense and are combined with gripping visuals and photos. Cause-and-effect diagrams and sidebars help strengthen key curricular skills of critical thinking and inference.

Cover: The Irish Potato Famine: A Cause-and-Effect Investigation
Cover: Death in the Donner Party: A Cause-and-Effect Investigation
Cover: The Jamestown Colony Disaster: A Cause-and-Effect Investigation
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The Children's Blizzard of 1888: A Cause-and-Effect Investigation
Death in the Donner Party: A Cause-and-Effect Investigation
Hurricane Katrina and the Flooding of New Orleans: A Cause-and-Effect Investigation
The Irish Potato Famine: A Cause-and-Effect Investigation
The Jamestown Colony Disaster: A Cause-and-Effect Investigation
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Cause-and-Effect Disasters

Provide readers with a deeper understanding of history through a cause-and-effect analysis of well-known disasters. What decisions were made, what shortcuts were taken, or what heroic acts led to the ultimate outcomes? Even the most reluctant readers won’t be able to resist… View →