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Can You Survive the 1910 Big Burn? An Interactive History Adventure
SKU
014856
ISBN
9781666390803
Grade 3-7
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Traditional
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Charlotte Mason
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Classical
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Kinesthetic/Tactile (Hands-On)
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Publisher's Description of Can You Survive the 1910 Big Burn? An Interactive History Adventure
In the northwestern United States, the summer of 1910 was the driest
anyone had seen in a long time. The weather was extremely hot and windy.
Crops everywhere were drying up. Then in August the region faced one of
the biggest forest fires in U.S. history. Will you lead the fight to
battle the fires and save your hometown? Can you save others and escape
before the town is consumed by flames? Will you flee with your mother to
find safety on a train? With dozens of possible choices, YOU will have
to decide how to survive one of history’s biggest and deadliest forest
fires.
I loved these kinds of choose-your-own-adventure books when I was a kid and incorporating historical events and facts into the stories makes them even more entertaining. Each book focuses on a different event in history, but it's up to the reader to choose the point of view to take. The story will progress for a few pages and then the reader must make a decision about what course they want to take. Then, the reader turns to the page directed in the book and sees what happens based on the choice made. Choose whether to be a civilian, patriot or British soldier during the Battle of Bunker Hill, whether or not to rush for a lifeboat on the Titanic, what job to take as an Irish Immigrant, and much more. On average, each book has about 3 story paths, 35-45 choices, and 15 different endings. This series will help students see historical events in a new, real way and is just plain fun to read. Each book is about 112 pgs, pb. ~ Rachel