Natural Disasters
Is our world coming to an end, or do we just forget the severity of the natural disasters of the
Past? It seems that we are having more severe tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions and tsunamis. Just this year alone we have had 15 earthquakes, volcanoes 3, flood 9,
hurricane/tornadoes 17 in the world.
I have made it a habit to bring in a hang on the walls articles about the more devastating disasters,
like the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and Haiti’s. I also use You Tube to watch information
on the disasters, including the tornadoes in the southern states. As we watch and read about
these natural disasters we discuss as a class the devastation and what they residents of those areas
are facing.
I discuss with the students what we can do to help these individuals. We have started food
drives, donations of clothing, bedding, house hold supplies and more. We encourage our students
to donate what they can and to encourage others outside of the school to donate too. We feel that
this builds leadership in our students. It is the students that collected the donations and deliver
them to the correct locations like the Red Cross and other organizational groups.
References
12 May 2011, Category :"2011 Natural Disasters "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:2011_natural_disasters
