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NATURAL DISASTER

Natural Disasters

Natural disasters are changes which are so great they may cause damage to the shape of the land or to the lives of people and other living things.

What are Natural Disasters?

A volcanic eruption is the spurting out of gases and hot lava from an opening in the Earth’s crust. Pressure from deep inside the Earth forces ash, gas and molten rock to the surface.

An earthquake is a violent shaking of the ground. Sometimes it so strong that the ground splits apart. When parts of the earth, called plates, move against each other giant shock waves move upwards towards the surface causing the earthquake.

A Cyclone is a fierce storm with storm winds that spin around it in a giant circle. During a cyclone trees can be uprooted, buildings can be destroyed and cars can be overturned.

An Avalanche is a movement of snow, ice and rock down a mountainside. Avalanches happen very suddenly and can move as fast as a racing car up to 124mph.

A flood is caused by an overflow of water which covers the land that is usually dry. Floods are caused by heavy rain or by snow melting and the rivers burst their banks and overflow.

Costal floods are caused by high tides, a rise in sea level, storm waves or tsunami (earthquakes under the sea).

A drought is the lack of rain for a long time.

In 1968 a drought began in Africa. Children born during this year were five years old before rain fell again.

Rosa Parks: the mother of Civil Rights Movement"

Civil Rights Leader
Rosa Parks

n  She was born 4^th February 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama.

n  She grew up on a farm with her brother, mother and grandparents.

n  She worked as a seamstress after she left school.

n  Black people (African- Americans) living in Alabama were not treated equally to white Americans.

n  They did not have equal rights. Example: Black people and white people had to sit in certain seats on the bus. If all the “white seats” were taken then a black person had to stand up to let the white person sit down!

n  This was the law in Alabama!

Segregation (separation)

On 1^st December 1955 after coming home from a hard days work, Rosa was sitting on the bus when the bus driver ordered her to give up her seat to a white man, who couldn’t find a seat in the “white section” of the bus. Found guilty of breaking the law which required black people to give up their bus seats to whites, Rosa Parks was arrested.

Boycott of the Bus System

Boycott means: to refuse to buy something or to take part in something as a way of protesting.

By boycotting the buses they hoped to change the laws of segregation. The buses depended on African-Americans to keep their business running.

Non-violent Protest

n  The boycott went on for 13 months.

n  Instead of riding the buses to work, many African-American people in Montgomery, Alabama, found other ways to get to work. (Walked,Cycle)

n  The boycott ended when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the segregation laws on Alabama’s buses were not legal. Rosa was given the nickname “The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”.

n  She inspired Rev. Martin Luther King (picture) and others to protest for equal rights in America.



 Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale was born on 12^th May 1820.  She was named after the city in which she was born.  She had rich parents.

Florence wanted to be a nurse.  Her parents said ‘No’ but she trained to be a nurse anyway.

In 1853 a war began in Crimea.  Florence saw pictures of soldiers wounded and she wanted to help.  Florence was disappointed when she saw how dirty the hospitals in Crimea were.  Nurses did not care.

Florence and her nurses cleaned up the hospitals and looked after the wounded soldiers properly.  Florence became known as the ‘lady with the lamp’.  She walked around the hospital carrying her lamp.

When she returned to England Florence was famous.  She set up her own hospitals and trained nurses.

Florence never wanted to be famous.  Florence died at home on August 13^th 1910.  She was 90 years old.