Essential Question
How do we use research sources to unravel a 150-year-old mystery?
Overview
In this lesson, students investigate a historical mystery—the 1865 explosion of the steamship Sultana—by analyzing a collection of primary and secondary source documents. They work in cooperative reading groups to complete a jigsaw activity in which they weigh the merits of two competing theories about the disaster, then come to a conclusion based on the available evidence. Read More...
A speeding car that veered off the road, flew over a fence and crashed in a burning fireball at a security station on the U.S.-Canada border sent FBI agents scrambling Wednesday to determine the cause, but officials said there were no signs the fatal wreck was an act of terrorism.
Two people in the car died in the crash, which happened around midday at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, N. Read More...
Ferne McCann showed off her incredible 2.5 stone weight loss as she shared a series of before and after photos on Instagram on Monday.
The former TOWIE star said she is ‘so proud’ of her progress as she posed side-on to the camera wearing a black bra and matching underwear.
Seven months after giving birth, the doting mother revealed that she was able to slim down after concentrating on her nutrition and spending many gruelling hours in the gym. Read More...
