Difficulties of Urban Life: The Great Baltimore Fire | Teaching with Primary Sources

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Maryland Public Television MPT Teaching with Primary Sources Thinkport primary sources Baltimore Fire urban living urbanization
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History-Social Science
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Classroom Teacher / Educator
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Difficulties of Urban Life: The Great Baltimore Fire | Teaching with Primary Sources

This inquiry kit features Library of Congress sources related to the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 and illustrates difficulties of turn-of-the century urban living.

Thinking Questions

  • List three things about city living in early 1900s that helped the Baltimore fire spread so fast and destroy so much.
  • What changed for people living in Baltimore after the Great Baltimore Fire in 1904?
  • What is the role of government after a major disaster?
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PBS Learning Media

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