Hurricane Katrina Lesson Plan

We did this in August of 07 - I'll try to get in here and add some of our lessons when time allows and once I have time to go through the boys folders and take pics, I'll share those as well

This was a 3 day unit. On the last day, I found a tall tale about Annie Christmas which was based out of New Orleans so I added that due to the Language Arts, Geography, Math, etc included in the lesson

We managed to work in some Hurricane Katrina lessons today:

https://www.rms.com/Publications/KatrinaReport_LessonsandImplications.pdf

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/hurricane/resource/34251.html

http://www.Newseum.org Features today's front pages of 46 newspapers from around the world, as well as archived pages from coverage of Katrina.


-Watched the History channel on Hurricane Katrina - we learned about the history of New Orleans – we learned about Tropical Cyclones – we viewed the weather on the internet in different areas – how the government helps in times of crisis – the importance of levees – the impact of Hurricanes – why our gas prices went up – we became familiar with different types of natural disasters -

Hurricane History: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/hurricane/history/34252.html

The White House – Lessons Learned:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/reports/katrina-lessons-learned/appendix-b.html

PBS Teacher’s Guide:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/storm/

We did the Gulf Coast Region Scavenger Hunt:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/socialstudies/katrina.html

Correlation to National Standards
ß Geography -History -Language Arts -Reading -Listening and Speaking -Working with Others
ß We did a lot with this website: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/socialstudies/katrina.html

We learned how the loss of New Orleans impacted the world in regards to what we receive from New Orleans; seafood, coffee, oil,

Go here to learn of the different Hurricane skills: Category 1 – 5
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=750&display_order=6&sub_display_orde r=4&mini_id=1401


https://www.rms.com/Publications/KatrinaReport_LessonsandImplications.pdf

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/hurricane/resource/34251.html

http://www.amlainfo.org/curriculum

Hurricane Katrina: The Practice of Journalism
http://www.amlainfo.org/curriculum

http://www.Newseum.org Features today's front pages of 46 newspapers from around the world, as well as archived pages from coverage of Katrina.

http://www.urban.org/afterkatrina/

http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/facts_new_orleans_louisiana.shtml