Read the short summary of what happened. Create a preliminary timeline of the events using Timeline ...

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Read the short summary of what happened. Create a preliminary timeline of the events using Timeline JS. Go to the New York Times database on the Newman Baruch Library webpage and do a search for newspaper articles related to your event. Note: Be sure to use one of the databases that includes coverage for the 1990s. I recommend doing an advance search to limit the search to the relevant dates. Find 2 articles that you think are useful for understanding how contemporaries understood the event. Download these. You will need them for the final project. Next read and analyze the primary sources in the Landscapes of Disaster Folder. In particular, spend some time analyzing the texts, images, and maps provided to think about the landscape, natural environment, and built environment in which the event took place and how it has been shaped and configured over time. What do these resources help you to understand about the specificity of the place and space in which the event occurred? Write up your thoughts (200-300 words) Post your chronology, links to your New York Times articles, and landscape reflections to the course blog. 3.2 Read the primary and secondary sources in the 3.2 Historical Context folder. For each reading assigned for the week you should consider the following: What does the reading tell you about the broader historical context leading up to disaster? How does the reading help you to better understand the role that human action and activity play in turning this natural occurrence into a natural disaster? Based on the reading, what actions at the time of the event might have helped to limit the impact of the natural occurrence on the human population? Why were these actions not taken? Finally, reflect on the readings. How do they shape your understanding of why this natural disaster happened? Then identify four (4) passages from each assigned reading that help you to answer these questions, and transcribe the passages (with page numbers). Post your reading notes to the Discussion Board with a short explanation of why each quote you’ve selected is useful for answering the questions above. 3.3 1. Read the primary and secondary sources in the 3.3 Historical Context Continued folder. For each reading assigned for the week you should consider the following: What does the reading tell you about the broader historical context leading up to disaster? How does the reading help you to better understand the role that human action and activity play in turning this natural occurrence into a natural disaster? Based on the reading, what actions at the time of the event might have helped to limit the impact of the natural occurrence on the human population? Why were these actions not taken? 2. Then identify four (4) passages from each assigned reading that help you to answer these questions, and transcribe the passages (with page numbers). Post your reading notes to the Discussion Board with a short explanation of why each quote you’ve selected is useful for answering the questions above. 3.4 Now pull all the work that you’ve done over the semester together by completing your Timeline to show how the historical processes that you’ve been studying have shaped the contours of this natural disaster. Remember to look at the final project instructions to ensure that your timeline includes all required components.