The Vanishing Island Sequence of Events Check-in

Every time there is a flood, the unprotected island _________, causing more and more of the surface to vanish.

• settles

• erodes

• maintains

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Without marshes to provide habitats for fish and the increasing loss of land, _________ is becoming less possible for the residents of the Isle.

• catastrophic

• upkeep

• subsistence

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

If you were forced to relocate as a climate refugee, what would be the first thing you would do to settle somewhere new?

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Reread paragraphs 46 - 52 (page 13 -15).

In (a)   (year)__, the first opportunity for the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe to relocate was presented.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Reread paragraphs 50 - 52 on page 15.

The residents on the Isle de Jean Charles did not accept federal grants to relocate prior to 2016 most likely because _____________.

• the grants would have caused residents to separate as they relocated

• the residents did not want to relocate together

• the tribe wanted residents who already relocated to come back

• the government did not offer residents enough money to relocate

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

Reread paragraphs 46 -52 (page 13-15). Fill in the blank spaces in the chart below.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

How mainly do hurricanes put the Isle de Jean Charles’s long-term future at risk?

• The island’s only road becomes impassible during hurricanes.

• Hurricanes sweep away the tribe’s belongings.

• Problems with erosion are worse during hurricanes.

• The island loses electricity because of hurricanes.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2