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Find answers to the following questions and write them down. Be ready to share your answers in class.

 * Look at some of the photos of the flooded Mississippi River here in Memphis. After you have looked at the photos, do one of the following activities. **

1. Draw a picture of the river and the flood, and consider adding some local features (the Hernando DeSoto Bridge) or animals of the Mississipi River Basin to your picture.

2. Write a poem about the Mississippi River. This does not have to be about the flood, but it can be. Your choice!





Photos from http://my5.wmctv.com/ChannelGallery.aspx?c=5244.