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Use World Vision’s free poster (digital version below) and a range of other resources to create a topical and stimulating classroom unit.

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Extreme disasters are global news events but how do aid organisations respond to them? This poster is designed to engage young people with photos, information and learning activities that develop an understanding of how disasters affect people’s lives and how aid organisations respond effectively to these events.

The poster can be used to focus on Social Studies curriculum concepts such as: challenge and crisis; events, causes and effects; resources; sustainability; human and child rights.

Schools or groups doing the 40 Hour Famine, or other social action in response to disasters, can use this poster to raise awareness and encourage meaningful global citizenship.

 

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Responding to Disasters teacher pages pdf

What do you really need to survive? view video clip Use with Poster Activity I

Disaster response diagram pdf
Alternative diagram to use with Poster Activity R and S

Humanitarian emergency response http://www.worldvision.org.nz/humanitarian/
Use this page with Poster Activity O

Child-Friendly Spaces pdf
Use with Poster Activity J and K

UNOCHA Coordinating the Response (Haiti) video
Six minute video to use with Poster Activity U

Titles can be borrowed or purchased from our Education Shop:

Indian Ocean Tsunami Response What was achieved in three years of helping people rebuild their lives? This DVD summarises World Vision's response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami... more>>
Myanmar Survivors – One year after cyclone Nargis One year after Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar, hear how villagers are reclaiming their lives with help from World Vision... more>> View online http://myanmar.worldvision.org.nz/ Use Linm’s Story (4:24 – 5:10 mins) with Activity J on the Responding to Disasters poster.
Picking up the Pieces This DVD/video looks at the immediate and longer-term effects of the earthquake in Gujarat, and the process of emergency relief and later rehabilitation that followed.. more>>

 

Other World Vision resources about responding to disasters and the global media.

Extreme Tsunami textbook Years 9 to 11 Geography and Social Studies This 32-page textbook describes the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami from the development of an extreme natural event through to completion of the human response... more>>
EQ game Years 5 to 13 offline earthquake simulation game After an earthquake aid organisations spring into action. They raise awareness through the media, obtain funds from public donations, and deliver assistance to people devastated by the disaster. EQ game pack in Education shop more>> EQ online game: www.worldvision.org.nz/eq
Media Literacy for Global Citizenship resource folder Empower your students to particpate effectively in today's society, and in the future, by teaching media literacy skills in the context of global citizenship... more>>

Use these New Zealand websites with Poster Activity N.

http://whatstheplanstan.govt.nz
Open the Map of historical disasters by region to use with Poster Activity N.

www.getthru.govt.nz
Everything you need to get ready for a disaster.

www.eq-iq.org.nz
How to be prepared for an earthquake or any other natural disaster.

These websites are a good source of information but may not be suitable for students to use.

NASA Earth Observatory  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
Browse the Natural Hazards section by type of hazard and by date (back to 2001) to see maps, 3D and satellite images.

ReliefWeb  http://www.reliefweb.int/ 
This UN site provides information on current and emerging crises. It includes maps, a list of early-warning sites, and an archive of crises dating back to 1981. ReliefWeb is for humanitarian organisations involved in emergency response. World map natural catastrophes 2009 pdf

Alertnet http://www.alertnet.org/
This Reuters site provides quick, reliable information for the public, journalists and humanitarian workers.

• AlertNet for journalists http://alertnet.org/mediabridge/index.htm
• AlertNet for aid workers http://www.alertnet.org/aidworkers.htm
• Crisis briefings http://alertnet.org/emergencies/index.htm

EM-DAT http://www.emdat.be
The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) created the EM-DAT database with unrestricted access so anyone can obtain information about disasters.

• Country profile http://www.emdat.be/country-profile
  Select a country from the Natural disaster drop-down menu. This gives you a summary of top ten disasters from 1900 to the current year, under different categories such as number of deaths or number affected.
  
  
• Disaster profile http://www.emdat.be/disaster-profiles
  Select Location (Region or Country), Timeframe (decade or year) and Disaster (group or type)
  Table of results can be sorted by different columns.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
UN OCHA coordinates the work of national and international aid organisations in a disaster response.

Ocha Online http://ochaonline.un.org/
Information about OCHA, where OCHA works, and links to current and emerging issues of global significance.

IRIN News http://www.irinnews.org/
Reliable news and analysis of humanitarian crises that includes themes such as natural disasters.

One Response http://oneresponse.info
Detailed coordination site for humanitarian organisations working in UN clusters in different disasters.

ReliefWeb http://www.reliefweb.int/
Information on current and emerging crises.