The People on the Beach from The Secrets of Vesuvius

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The People on the Beachfrom The Secrets of
Vesuvius

• By Sara C. Bisel
• Illustrated by Ken Marschall, Laurie McGaw, Jack
  McMaster, Margo Stahl

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Pliny the Younger1st century A.D.
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Pliny the Younger1st century A.D.

• . . . darkness, fell, not the dark of the
  moonless or cloudy night, but as if the lamp had
  been put out in a closed room. You could hear
  the shrieks of women, the wailing of infants, and
  the shouting of men some were calling their
  parents, others their children or their wives,
  trying to recognize them by the voices. People
  bewailed their own fate or that of their
  relatives, and there were some who prayed for
  death in their terror of dying. Many sought the
  aid of the gods, but still more imagined there
  were no gods left, and that the universe was
  plunged into eternal darkness for evermore.

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• What kind of a disaster do you think Pliny was
  describing?

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About the Author
Dr. Sara C. Bisel was part of the archaeological
team that studied the skeletons buried 2,000
years ago by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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Genre

• Take 1-2 minutes to look through the text and see
  if you have an idea of the genre of this story
• Write your idea on a notecard
• NONFICTION NARRATIVE

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Word Knowledge

• keepsake landscape screenplay
• careful sparkle travel
• watch search nature

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Word Knowledge

• This brown shell is a keepsake that reminds me of
  a wonderful day I spent at the beach.
• You should be careful not to break that jar.
• Watch out when you search for clues in nature.

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What stories have you read or television/movies
have you seen in which people discover something
about the past through archeological skills?
Turn and talk.
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What do you know about volcanoes and the impact
they have on the people who live in their shadows?
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Mount St. Helens, Washington
Harry Truman, who was a victim of the 1980
explosion of Mount St. Helens, believed he knew
the mountain. Perhaps the people in Pompeii
and Herculaneum felt the same about Vesuvius.
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Mount Rainier, Washington
Puyallup
Mount Rainier
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Mount Vesuvius Volcanology (2 min)
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Mount Vesuvius, Italy
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Consular Way, one of Pompeii's main streets
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Ancient Pompeii (3 min 46 sec)
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Herculaneum
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Ancient Herculaneum (19 min 52 sec)
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Remains of Vesuvius 79 A.D.
http//cruises.about.com/od/mediterraneancruises/i
g/Pompeii/pompeii010.htm
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Photo Courtesy of Dr. James Botti
http//www.cet.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vmtvesuv
ius.html
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Probing the Past to Protect the Future (2 min)