You will be traveling into
dangerous territory as you explore Mount Vesuvius! Be careful and stay alert!!
During your travels, you
will become an archeologist as you dig through the rubble looking for the
following facts:
1.
What was the date Mt. Vesuvius
erupted and covered the city of Pompeii?
2.
What other Italian city
was covered during that eruption?
3.
What kind of volcano is
Mount Vesuvius?
4.
Was Pompeii covered with
lava?
5.
Can you find and describe
the kind of materials that escaped from Vesuvius during the eruption?
6.
How far under these
materials was Pompeii buried? Herculaneum?
7.
What year was Pompeii
rediscovered?
8.
Describe what the
excavators found during the excavation.
9.
The population around
Mount Vesuvius continues to be very dense. Why do you think people choose to
live that close to a volcano? Would you choose to live there? Why or why not?
10. Pliny the younger witnessed the violent and deadly eruption of
Vesuvius. He wrote letters describing the destruction he witnessed. Now that
you have studied Pompeii and Vesuvius, you need to write a letter about that
fateful day as if you were standing next to Pliny during the eruption. Describe
in detail what you witnessed. Follow the rubric you have been given to make
sure you have included everything necessary for a detailed account of what
happened.