Floyd Collins

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/floyd-collins

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Floyd Collins born?July 20, 1887
2. Where was Floyd Collins born?Kentucky
3. What is the date of entrapment?January 30, 1925
4. What is the location of entrapment?Sand Cave, near Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
5. Who was Floyd Collins?Floyd Collins was a brave cave explorer from Kentucky who opened Great Crystal Cave and later tried to open Sand Cave.
6. How did Floyd Collins get stuck in the cave?While making a passage 55 feet below ground in Sand Cave, a rock fell and trapped him in a narrow crawlway.

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