The great fire

author: Murphy, Jim, Beech, Linda
Presents tips and reproducible materials for teaching Jim Murphy's "The Great Fire" in grades six through nine, including author details and section-by-section summaries, discussion questions, and cross-curricular activities.
year: 1995, 2006, 2003
call number/section: 1000, 977.3, 977.31, 974.7, 363.37, 904.5, 910, 6, 973.8, 954, 920, 904
subjects: fires, chicago, history, 19th century, juvenile literature, chicago (ill.), chicago (ill.), history, to 1875, juvenile literature, murphy, jim, great fire, reading, literature, study and teaching

Editions


The great fire
Murphy, Jim
Scholastic Inc. (1995)
Photographs and text, along with personal accounts of actual survivors tell the story of the great fire of 1871 in Chicago.
Schools: 88



The great fire
Murphy, Jim
Scholastic Paperback Nonfiction (2006)
Photographs and text, along with personal accounts of actual survivors tell the story of the great fire of 1871 in Chicago.
Schools: 5



The Great Fire
Beech, Linda
Scholastic (2003)
Presents tips and reproducible materials for teaching Jim Murphy's "The Great Fire" in grades six through nine, including author details and section-by-section summaries, discussion questions, and cross-curricular activities.
Schools: 0



The great fire
Murphy, Jim

Photographs and text, along with personal accounts of actual survivors tell the story of the great fire of 1871 in Chicago.
Schools: 8



The great fire
Murphy, Jim

Photographs and text, along with personal accounts of actual survivors tell the story of the great fire of 1871 in Chicago.
Schools: 4



The Great Fire
Murphy, Jim

Describes the fire that swept through Chicago in 1871 through the eyes of those survivors who wrote about their experiences in books, newspaper and magazine articles, or letters to friends.
Schools: 1


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