By: Lisa Chudd

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The Great
Chicago Fire

• By Lisa Chudd
• 9-12-05

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire
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Get the Facts!

• On October 8, 1871, a fire started in the dairy
  barn of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick OLeary.
• The fire spread so fast and grew so large that it
  took 2 days to put out the flames!

http//www.thechicagofire.com/
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Get the Facts!

• The fire killed 300 people and left 100,000
  people without homes.
• The fire burned down 3 square miles of Chicago.

http//www.thechicagofire.com/
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Get the Facts!

• No one is sure how the fire started.
• There is a story that the fire started when a cow
  kicked over a lantern in the barn, but this is
  believed to be a myth (not true).

http//www.prairieghosts.com/great_fire.html
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Now Show Me What You Know!

• Where did The Great Chicago Fire start?
• A forest
• A barn
• C) A grocery store
• D) Mr. Lehmans house

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Good Thinking!

• You are correct!
• The Great Chicago Fire started in a barn.

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OOPS!

• Sorry, but that is not the correct answer.
• ?
• Go back to information slides to review them
• and try again!
• ?

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Bibliography

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire
• http//www.prairieghosts.com/great_fire.html
• http//www/thechicagofire.com/fire.php

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Meet the Author!

• My name is Lisa Chudd. My hometown is Lake
  Villa, IL, which is a northern suburb of Chicago.
  Currently, I am attending Western Michigan
  University and majoring in elementary and early
  childhood education. Some things I love are
  reading, scrap-booking, sports, the Chicago Cubs,
  and shopping.