Teaching about the Haiti earthquake

ActionAid UK has some lesson ideas to help learners discover more about Haiti before exploring the impact of the earthquake and how ActionAid is responding: www.actionaid.org.uk/100343/all_our_free_downloads.html

ACT has produced a page of resources for teachers to use to discuss the Haitian earthquake with secondary students (KS3&4): www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk/page?p=101

Decisions for Recovery challenge takes you through all the decisions that Red Cross disaster response teams have to face: www.recoveringafuture.org.uk

The 20 January 2010 issue of the fortnightly Newsthink e-news has a briefing on the Haiti earthquake: www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=43285. You can sign up to Newsthink here: www.redcross.org.uk/signup

CAFOD Assembly on Haiti Earthquake for primary schools: www.cafod.org.uk/primary 

Oxfam Haiti Earthquake Assembly: www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/haiti_earthquake/

Dealing With Disasters resource: www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/dealing_disasters/

Primary and secondary assemblies on the Haiti earthquake:
http://learn.christianaid.org.uk/TeachersResources/primary/haiti-earthquake.aspx

Focus on Earthquakes: www.geography.org.uk/resources/earthquakes/resources/

How and why earthquakes happen, animated guide: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7533950.stm

Interactive Guide – how earthquakes happen: www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2008/jan/23/earthquakes

Why was the Haiti quake so bad? http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8450000/newsid_8456900/8456976.stm

Earthquake follows years of turmoil: http://tv.oneworld.net/2010/01/14/earthquake-follows-years-of-turmoil/

Special coverage, Haiti Earthquake: www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/126378336711.htm

Interactive Guide – aid starts to arrive: www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2010/jan/15/haiti-earthquake-aid-problems-map

Haiti Pages - www.guardian.co.uk/world/haiti

Haiti page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti

Pictures of Haiti taken in December 2009, before the earthquake: www.life.com/image/ugc1026992/in-gallery/38672/haiti-just-before-the-quake

A community of more than 200 bloggers around the world with an emphasis on voices that are not ordinarily heard in international mainstream media.

Haiti Earthquake coverage page: http://globalvoicesonline.org/specialcoverage/haiti-earthquake-2010/

Haiti Teens' perspective: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/01/23/haiti-teens-prespectives-on-the-earthquake/

An umbrella group of 13 UK-registered aid agencies aiming to unite agency efforts in times of disaster, maximise funds raised and ensure they are spent in an effective and fully accountable way. You can donate to the Haiti Earthquake Appeal at: www.dec.org.uk.

DEC set of images on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/disastersemergencycommittee/sets/72157623208324746/

British Red Cross teacher briefing on DEC: www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=70465

British Red Cross blog explaining why the best thing to do in a disaster is to donate money:
http://blogs.redcross.org.uk/emergencies/2010/01/help-not-hinder-haiti/

IRCRC – FAQs on Haiti: www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/response/haiti/haiti_faq.asp

UNICEF TAGD website for young people: www.tagd.org.uk/Latest/CurrentEmergencies/EmergenciesHaiti.aspx

It’s ok to be upset by the news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_2330000/newsid_2333800/2333893.stm

Dealing with Crises and Teaching about Traumatic Events - Guides for helping children express themselves, deal with trauma, and build community from ‘Educators for Social Responsibility’, a US teachers' site: http://esrnational.org/special-projects/understanding-world-events/

Talking with Children when the Talking Gets Tough - guidance for teachers, parents and carers from child development specialist Judith A Myers-Walls:
www.ces.purdue.edu/purplewagon/PARENTS/Resources/TalkChildrenTalkGetsTough.pdf.

See also the Purple Wagon website: www.ces.purdue.edu/purplewagon/