Title: I Survived True Stories: Five Epic Disasters
Author: Lauren Tarshis
Target Age Range: 7-10
Genre: Nonfiction
The New York Times bestselling I SURVIVED historical fictional series expands to include this thrilling nonfiction exploration of five true stories in a narrative nonfiction companion that explores the real names behind history's greatest disasters: Tsunami, Blizzard, Tornado, Flood, and the Titanic. Each book features a real kid who has lived through
some of history's most intense and terrifying events.
Including:
Into the Black Water: The Titanic, 1912
The Wave: The Japanese Tsunami, 2011
Out of the Tornado: Henryville, Indiana, 2013
The Great Molasses Flood of 1919
In the Path of the Avalanche! About the Author Lauren Tarshis:
Lauren Tarshis is the author of the I Survived historical fiction series. She is also the author of critically acclaimed Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree and Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love. She is the editor of Scholastic's STORYWORKS magazine and group editorial director for language arts for Scholastic classroom magazines.
Discussion Questions:
- What makes this book nonfiction?
- How does this I Survived book different from the historical fiction series?
- What is a primary source?
- What point of view is a primary source given?
- How does the point of view change from a primary source to a secondary source?
- In your opinion, which disaster would be the most terrifying? Use text evidence to support your answer.
- What type of characteristics does it take to survive a disaster?
- How do the conflicts build suspense in the book?
Motivational Activities:
- Conduct a character study with emphasis on overcoming challenges faced during the disasters.
- In small groups students choose another historical fiction book from the I Survived series and conduct research on primary sources of that event.
- Students collaborate on words and use the dictionary to determine unfamiliar words based on the context used in the sentence. Create a student-made dictionary.
- Students can present a PowerPoint presentation on a disaster in history that is interesting to them including media from discovery education (i.e. pictures, video clips).
Other Books by Lauren Tarshis
The Great Chicago Fire, 1871
True Stories: Five Epic Disasters
The Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79
The Nazi Invasion, 1944
The Japanese Tsunami, 2011
The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
The Attacks of September 11, 2001
The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912
The Shark Attacks of 1916
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941
The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
Tarshis, Lauren. (2014). I Survived True Stories: Five Epic Disasters. New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.
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