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// Paul and Robert-Your collaboration is quite detailed. Interesting how you broke this down into organized logical steps. The two of you collaborated very well, which resulted in two quality final documents that summarized your results. Good Job! CK .//

Worksheets - Final
____ Paul -- great idea to make one NARA for both photos! And yes, go ahead and put together the final NARA and KWL sheets. Thanks!

Robert - Let me know if you would like for me to put together the final NARA and KWL sheets.

Robert - I think we can just make one NARA for both photos. We can add the information together from each.

Robert - Looks goods so far. I will be seeing what else I can add to what you have. I have been busy this week with graduation and the end of school. Also - great link. I found it very informative.

Wreck on I.C.R.R., near Farmer City, Ill., Oct. 5 and 6, '09. two trains collided together in Farmer City, Ill, in Oct. 1909. These panoramic photos show the results of the collision and the clean up crews, as well as other onlookers. Both show people looking at the camera -- they know they are being photographed and are posing; mainly standing and staring at the camera. Farmer city is northwest of Champaign, according to Google Maps. Here's an online article on the accident: http://www3.gendisasters.com/illinois/9711/farmer-city-il-head-on-train-collision-oct-1909 Accident happened in the countryside. There are many spectators. The passenger car in on its side. There is a box car on the train tracks. There are many more people on the site of the wreck in the second photo (day after crash)
 * Robert McCord and Paul Smith**
 * Kwl chart train wreck:**
 * What I know:**

Why were panoramic photos taken? What type of equipment did they use back then for this type of photo? Are the people pictured passengers on the train or onlookers who have come out to obserce the wreck? What caused the crash? Why were two trains on the same track? Where were the trains headed? Was anyone seriously hurt or die? How long after the crash was this photo taken? Why are people posing?
 * what I want to know:**

Two trains collided head on. One train was taking hundreds of people home from the state fair. The other was a passenger train. The accident was the fault of the conductor because he mis-read his watch and thought he had 14 more minutes. The daycoach was a new steel version - had it been the wooden version, more would have been killed. Accident occurred at 9:50 pm 1 killed, 25 injured Nearby farmers and doctors helped Accidentg occured on a bend two miles west of town.
 * __ What I Learned __**

NARA photo worksheet #1 Oct. 5, 1909 photo of train wreck
 * Step 1: observation**

Photo shows a train wreck. It appears that two trains collided head on. On the right we can see one of the train engines with a smashed front. On the left there is wreckage, but I can’t see the other train engine. There are many people standing around looking at the photographer. It is a formal photograph.

People, Objects, Activity People: workers cleaning up the wreck site and onlookers watching the process, many more people in second paragraph, many women in fine clothing Objects: train cars, a kind of “tow truck” for trains, lots of debris, two train engines, cranes, debris, tracks, close to town (telephone poles), pocket watch Activity: workers in the middle of a cleanup. In the photo there are standing and posing for the photo, observing what is happening, men trying to hook crane to cart, more watching than working,


 * Step 2: Inference:**

Many people could have been killed. This train wreck was unusual enough to use a panoramic camera Head on collisions were more common in the past It is going to take a long time to clean up the wreckage

Step 3: Questions A.

What caused the accident? How long will it take to clean up the wreckage? Was anyone hurt? How did word spread about the accident? How far from the nearest town did the accident occur? Where were the trains headed to / from? Did either train have any warning about other traveling on the same tracks?

B. Anwers to questions [] [] []

NARA photo worksheet #2 Oct. 6, 1909 photo of train wreck


 * Step 1: observation**

Photo shows a train wreck. It appears that two trains collided head on. On the right we can see one of the train engines with a smashed front. On the left there is another train engine – but it doesn’t look wrecked. There are many people standing around looking at the photographer. It is a formal photograph.

People, Objects, Activity People: workers cleaning up the wreck site and onlookers watching the process Objects: train cars, lots of debris Activity: workers in the middle of a cleanup. In the photo there are standing and posing for the photo.


 * Step 2: Inference:**

Many people could have been killed. This train wreck was unusual enough to use a panoramic camera Head on collisions were more common in the past


 * A. **