Increasing Awareness of Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and volcanic eruptions can occur anywhere and anytime. To increase awareness of these events it is important to teach students how these events happen. Some areas of the world are lucky, in terms of never having to experience these horrific events and the devastation that they leave behind. To connect students in understanding how these events affect real people everyday, all over the world, I will collaborate with the English teacher and have the students research the different types of natural disasters. The students will create a Power Point and present their information to the class. Upon completion of the presentations, the students will chose one disaster and decide how they can contribute to this area. Our 8th grade team will then find ways to help. It could be by collecting personal care items and sending them to the Red Cross for distribution to the area or the students may collect change at lunch and mail the money to the organization in need. I'm sure there are several possibilities, but it is important to teach children how groups of people need to come together to help others, as someday, we may be that group that needs help.
