You have been employed
by the East Coast Heritage Society to produce an exhibition. This is
to educate people about the floods and about flood prevention. You are
to:-
Part 1 : Explain the causes
of the flood including information how the following each contributed
to the disaster
·
The weather phenomena
·
Spring tides
·
Surges
·
River conditions feeding
the North Sea
Part 2
: Describe the effects on:-
·
People
·
Buildings
·
The economy (farming,
factories and shops, banks etc)
Part 3 : Outline actions taken
to reduce the likelihood of such a flood occurring on the same scale
again.
The work may be in one of the four following ways:-
1.
An illustrated essay
2.
A memorial edition newspaper
about the floods published 50 years later
3.
A series of Picture
Boards such as you would have in an exhibition hall
4.
A power Point Presentation
You may use the web
sites listed below to help you but DO NOT copy information
directly from the sites.
All sources from which
you have obtained information must be referenced at the end of your
work.
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/yourenv/426221/426886/?lang=_e
http://www.met-office.gov.uk/education/historic/flood.html#surges
http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Features/Floods/asp/AngrySea1.asp
http://db.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/dont_miss/floods/index_floods.shtml
For further web sites you
could always go to www.yahoo.co.uk and type in
"1953 Floods" and just search UK only.
(Be careful in searching
using other search engines that search the whole of the web. They will
take you to all floods in 1953 e.g. Holland that was also terribly flooding
at the same time as us)
