This article describes the out-of-control fires that took place during the summer of 1988. It focuses on the unpredictable fires of the Yellowstone Region. Firefighters and local communities have developed ways to deal with the forest fires, but the size of these fires made them take another look at their current policy of dealing with forest fires. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt StoryTown, 2008)

This lesson was created as part of the Basal Alignment Project, during which teachers created CCSS-aligned lessons for existing literary and information texts in basal readers. All page numbers and unit/week designations found in this lesson relate to the edition of the basal reader named above. If you are using a trade book or different edition of this title, the page/unit/week references in this lesson will not match. Consult the content referenced in the body of the lesson to determine appropriate page numbers for your text.