Galveston Hurricane

How is the information in both sources similar?

•  In both sources, we learn about some of the destruction the city of Galveston faced after the hurricane.

• In both sources, we learn about how Milton Elford was able to escape from the large brick house.

• In both sources, we learn details of the wind speed of the hurricane as well as the path it took through the state of Texas.

• In both sources, we learn about how many people died during the hurricane in Galveston.

How is the information in Source 1 different from the information in Source 2 ?

• In Source 1,  the author explains what it felt like to be in the middle of he hurricane while the water was rising and houses were collapsing. In Source 2, the author explains that the residents of Galveston had little warning about the storm coming their way.

• In Source 1, the author explains how the island of Galveston began to rebuild after the hurricane. In Source 2, we learn how powerful the storm was according to modern technology.

• In Source 1, the author explains details about how the residents were not scared because they had been in a storm before. In Source 2, you learn why the hurricane became so powerful.

• In Source 1, the author explains details about Galveston’s residents, the hurricane’s path, and the destruction left after the storm passed. In source 2, you learn about one person’s first-hand account of surviving the hurricane.

What text structure is source 1?

• description

• compare and contrast

• sequence

• chronological

Select details from the text that supports your response to Part A: chronological

• The culprit was a hurricane. (paragraph 1)

•  By mid-morning rain clouds took over the sky and the wind began to pick up.(paragraph 3)

• However, Galveston had never seen a storm like this one.(paragraph 2)

• Few buildings remained standing and bodies littered the streets. (paragraph 3)

Read Source 1: The Galveston Hurricane of 1900. What are two ways the map contributes to the meaning of the text?

• The map shows the path the hurricane took across the state of Texas. 

• The map shows what the damage looked like after the storm passed.

• The map shows the wind speed of the hurricane.

• The map shows how dangerous the storm was after it occurred.

• The map shows the reasons that the storm was so powerful.

Read Source 2: Eyewitness Account of The Galveston Hurricane of 1900. What are two ways the photograph contributes to the meaning of the text?

• The photograph shows the order of events that happened during the hurricane of 1900.

• The photograph shows the differences between Galveston before and after the hurricane.

• The photograph shows the damage that occurred after the hurricane of 1900.

• The photograph shows how dangerous moving around the city of Galveston might have been for Milton Elford after the hurricane.

• The photograph shows the path the hurricane took from the Gulf of Mexico across the state of Texas.

Read Source 1: The Galveston Hurricane of 1900.  What is the author’s perspective on the city of Galveston, Texas after the hurricane?

• The city of Galveston was abandoned after the hurricane of 1900.

• The city of Galveston was different after the hurricane of 1900.

• The city of Galveston was worse after the hurricane of 1900.

• The city of Galveston was wealthy after the hurricane of 1900.

Select two pieces of evidence from the passage that support your response to Part A: The city of Galveston was different after the hurricane of 1900.

• There was little warning and no defense. (paragraph 2)

• The city actually raised its buildings by as much as 17 feet by pumping sand beneath their foundations.(paragraph 4)

• By mid-morning rain clouds took over the sky and the wind began to pick up. (paragraph 3)

• Yet, this was not unusual in a city that barely rose above sea level.(paragraph 3)

• But Galveston was never the same; once the busiest port in Texas, with the promise of becoming the "New York of the South," the storm convinced shippers to move north to Houston's safer harbor. (paragraph 4)