The Year Without a Summer

Looking for a classroom follow-up to this video? Use our Mt. Tambora activity to help students map global impacts, analyze cause and effect, and explore how climate events can reshape human history: https://oer-prj.com/mt-tambora

How did a single volcanic eruption cause a global food crisis? After Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, ash and gases spread through the atmosphere and helped trigger the global cooling event known as “The Year Without a Summer.” Discover how this disaster connected climate, agriculture, migration, and human history across the globe.

Guiding Questions
00:45 What caused “The Year Without a Summer” in 1816?
03:57 How did the weather of 1816 shift after Mount Tambora’s eruption?
06:01 How did Mount Tambora’s eruption impact human systems around the world?

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