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Example Discussion Questions for Historic Fires and Firefighting
- What did you notice about the firefighters' equipment? How is it different from firefighters today?
- Why should we learn about fires of the past? Why is it important?
- How do you think famous fires of the past affected those who survived them? What changed after the fires?
- What do you know about historic firefighting? How is modern firefighting different from firefighting of the past?
- When large fires or other dangerous events happen, what do you think changes afterward? How do people affected by disasters rebuild differently?
- There were many different theories about what caused the Great Chicago Fire. What do you think is the truth? Why do you think there are so many different stories?
- Do you know about any other historic fires? What are they? What do you know about them?