Our thoughts and prayers are still with the East Coast as they face monumental reconstruction from devastating hurricane Sandy.

These images compiled by ABC news show the scope of the destruction and can be used to illustrate the theme of change-over-time-and-space to examine with your students. Click this link to go to the full interactive gallery.

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After:

Development: Blake Butcher, Executive Producer: Matthew Liddy, Source: NOAA/Google http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/hurricane-sandy-before-after-photos/