Mystery Picture

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Mystery Picture

• Look at the pieces of the picture.
• Can you guess what is in the picture?

?
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What is this?
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Does this help you to know what it is?
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What is the new object you see in the picture?
Does this change what you thought the first thing
was?
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Now what do you see? How do you think this
happened?
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What could have caused the house to fall over?
How did a tree get in the house?
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TITLE  The Johnstown Calamity. A slightly
damaged house
Is this what you expected to see in the
beginning? Is this a good title for this picture?
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Flood!
This damage was caused by a flood. A flood is
when a large amount of water causes a river or
other body of water to overflow. Powerful floods
can cause a lot of damage.
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Flood
Read these questions. Think about them as you
look at the next set of slides showing floods and
flood damage. How can water cause so much
damage? What causes a flood? Are there
different causes of floods? What
can people do to stay safe in a flood?
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TITLE  Flood of August 23, 1933. Water rushes in
Rock Creek Park I
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TITLE  Flood of August 23, 1933. Fallen tree
over one of pedestrian bridges
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TITLE  Flood of August 23, 1933. Water rushes in
Rock Creek Park II
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TITLE  Ruins of viaduct bridge, Johnstown, Pa.,
after the flood, May 31, 1889
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TITLE  The Johnstown flood - Main Street,
looking east
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TITLE  Johnstown flood. No. 11. View near Main
Street
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TITLE  The Johnstown calamity. A slightly
damaged house
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Flood
How can water cause so much damage? What causes a
flood? Are there different causes of
floods? What can people do to stay safe in a
flood?