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=Informational texts to accompany Zeitoun=

__Context and Background__
Gale Student Resources (CPS Library Database) An alternate overview of Katrina with integrated multimedia Hurricane Katrina Britannica School Edition (CPS Library Database) [|Katrina maps and timelines from the New York Times] The Bush administration's response to Katrina: Gale Student Resources (CPS Library Database)

Emergency Preparedness Breakdowns
Social Context: About Katrina Catastrophe Exposes U.S. Race Reality Gale Student Resources (CPS Library Database) The Day Their Luck Ran Out Gale Student Resources (CPS Library Database) Issues in the SuperDome Operation Relief NewsBank (CPS Library Database)

__Personal Experiences__
Firsthand accounts two weeks after the storm-Jet Magazine Katrina Aftermath NewsBank (CPS Library Database) [|Taken By Storm] Gale Student Resources (CPS Library Database)

__Racial Profiling of Muslim Americans__
Losing Liberty WilsonWeb (CPS Library Database) Civil Rights and Wrongs WilsonWeb (CPS Library Database)

__Justice System Failure__
Incarceration during Katrina Empire Falls: The Rise and Decline of the New Orleans Jail NewsBank (CPS Library Database) Justice system failure-An interview: Really Unimaginable-New Orleans Legal System Broke Down NewsBank (CPS Database)

__Environmental Issues__
Interview: Environmental Impact Rough Burial

__Social Impact of Katrina__
Gale Student Resources (CPS Library Database) City of Nature NewsBank (CPS Library Database)

__The Aftermath__
1 Dead in Attic: Post-Katrina Stories by Times-Picayune Columnist Chris Rose (This is a book, though many articles are available via Newsbank) Several of these articles, which are beautifully written and relatively short describe life in New Orleans after Katrina. Two favorites: 1 Dead in Attic

__Additional Resources__
Excerpts from //The Great Deluge// by Douglas Brinkley could be very useful. Excerpts from the documentary //When the Levees Broke// by Spike Lee may also provide excellent information in another format.