Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown invites you to learn about the Johnstown flood of 1889 through the analysis of historical photographs and a novel in verse. You will study the power of figurative language in writing and you may even turn into a bookworm! You will also build your skill in analyzing paintings and get it down to a fine art.
Activities
- Flooded With Emotions
- Submerge Yourself in Art
- A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
- Put Pen to Paper
Materials Provided
- Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown
- Dry-Erase Block
- Dry-Erase Marker
- Marker Pen
- Sticky Notes
- Idiom Chart
- Art Reflection Chart
- See-Think-Wonder Chart
- Famous Flood Artworks Chart
- Johnstown Flood Chart
Important Words
- Decode
- Idiom
- Analyze
- Photograph
- Inference
- Requiem
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Free Verse Poem