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Remembering the Big Quake

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Book meta-data
  • Reading Box: Sapphire (Levels 29-30)
  • Year: f-five
  • Fiction/Nonfiction: Non-fiction
  • Theme/Topic: Earth science, Interviews, Natural disasters
  • Genre: Memoir, Procedure
  • Strategy/Skills: Using graphic sources, Exploring text structure, Determining importance, Making connections
  • Page Count: 32
  • Reading Level: 29
  • Item Code: 200484
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Reader Description

Anne Donaghy was a child living in Alaska when one of the world's biggest earthquakes struck the area. Through this event, the author explains how to record oral history as you share a survivor's memories of this violent natural disaster.

After you have completed the Reader

This recount of the earthquake that hit Alaska in 1964 is presented as an oral history. Reread page 8 about planning and carrying out an oral history interview. Choose a family member to interview about an important event. Use the information on page 8 to plan and conduct the interview. Remember to use open questions.

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