Please read and research the material in the links below. I ask that you put the following information into writing: 

• Take notes on key concepts, definitions, facts, and details for each of the links below, and
• Respond to all prompts with complete sentences.

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1. A Faraday cage or Faraday shield is an enclosure used to block electromagnetic fields. For more information, please click on the links above. Put into writing proof that you know what these things are.
2. The disaster that could follow from a flash in the sky – Please read this piece and respond to each question/prompt as though you are writing an essay. Organize your responses in the following order:
   1. What are facts about the American electrical grid about which all Americans should be informed and that should have all Americans worried? Keep a bullet-point list of facts presented in this article.
   2. What is a transformer? Not a robot in disguise… but the ones in our communities. Describe and explain fully.
   3. How many transformers could be destroyed by an EMP, whether natural or human-made?
   4. How many transformers could be replaced in one year? 
   5. Is the first question in this section valid? Should all Americans be worried about EMP pulses and solar outbursts/coronal mass ejections?
3. Loss of the World’s Single Greatest Archive – Please read this short article about the “burning” of the Library of Alexandria. As you read the article, please document the following information and respond to the following prompts:
   1. What facts are known about the library? What happened there? What was taught? What was contained within its legendary inventory?
   2. What are the three predominant legends that survive “explaining” the fall and loss of the great library? Please explain each. For each, make sure your last sentence reduces each of the three causes to one word.
   3. According to the article, what is the true tragedy of the loss?