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Lesson plans and discussion ideas for Hurricane Katrina relief
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| | Loss, Lessons & Hope for the Future "Voices from New Orleans", Tulane University
A panel presentation bringing together community organization representatives,
faculty members, administrators and students to share their stories and insights
regarding the impact of Katrina and how a community begins to rebuild.
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| | Opportunities for service-learning in the aftermath of Katrina, from Cathryn Berger Kaye and the National Service-Learning Partnership
Provides suggestions for teachers covering direct assistance, disaster preparedness, and relevant literature. |
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| | Learning to Give: Hurricane Katrina Relief - You Can Count On Me! (Written as a K-5 unit. Adapt as appropriate for K-12.)
Covers
how to respond to a natural disasters and an introduction to
philanthropy (giving time, talent and treasure, and taking action for
the common good) and the reasons people choose to donate. |
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| | Learning to Give: Hurricane Katrina Relief - Power, Generosity and Leadership! (Written as a 6-12 unit. Adapt as appropriate for 9-12.)
Students research problems, investigate the role of economic sectors in
responding to needs, participate in a collection campaign, and learn
about relief agencies. |
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| | Email us with what curricula or lesson plans you are implementing in regards to the hurricane
and flood. |
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| | More service-learning lesson plans and discussion ideas |
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| Service-learning and disaster preparedness |
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Prepare Today -- Lead Tomorrow Teen Toolkit (2007)
 This toolkit was created to support teen community preparedness service-learning experiences. It provides background information on community preparedness and service-learning and takes teens through the entire process of designing a service-learning project, assessment, and reflection. It also includes over a dozen worksheets and several project ideas. |
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| | Helpindisaster.org
This site is designed to register and affiliate volunteers prior to a disaster so that organizations within the disaster area can outreach to volunteers by their skills and availability and invite them to assist in the recovery effort. |
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| | A Guide to Engaging Students in Service-Learning Projects Addressing Hometown Safety: Lessons from FLorida SPaRC
This service-learning manual was produced by the Florida Service, Preparedness, and Response Coalition (SPaRC). SPaRC staff developed this resource to assist students, teachers, faculty, administrators, and community partners in engaging youth in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery, and school and community safety. Included is a DVD that highlights student and teacher perspectives from a number of SPARC projects throughout Florida. |
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| | Universities Rebuilding America
Partnership (URAP): A Toolkit for Organizing Group Service Trips to the Gulf
Coast to Help Communities Recover From the Hurricanes of 2005
URAP
is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development and the
Corporation for National and Community Service. It offers funding and
other
resources to empower college and university students, faculty, and
staff to lend
their skills in rebuilding the Gulf Coast. It is an ideal resource for
those considering an alternative break or other travel-based
service-learning project.
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| | Understanding Disasters and Informing Redevelopment
This site looks at community-based research and it's role in
redevelopment after a disaster. Community-based research, when
conducted by students (for example, as part of a research methods
class) can be an effective means of using service-learning to help
those affected by the hurricanes. |
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| | Models and Case Studies in Emergency Management Service Learning from FEMA
Several resources covering emergency management and service-learning. |
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| | School-based programs for Disaster Preparedness
Describes school-based service-learning and other programs centered
around prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery in disasters
such as floods, fires, and chemical spills. |
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| | How Do You Prepare Your Community for Disaster?
Outlines approaches that institutes of higher education have taken towards disaster preparedness using service-learning. |
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| Getting started with service-learning |
| | Service-Learning Hot Topic: Getting Started |
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| | Service-Learning Toolbox: Work pages and checklists to help you get started and keep you going. |
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Service-learning stories and news about Hurricane Katrina relief
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| | President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll - Excellence in Hurricane Relief Service
 The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll responds to President Bush’s call to service by building on and supporting the civic engagement mission of our nation’s colleges and universities. This new recognition program is designed to increase public awareness of the contributions that college students are making within their local communities and across the country through volunteer service. Pursuant to the Universities Rebuilding America Partnership (URAP) announced by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Department of Housing and Urban Development last fall, the Honor Roll program’s special emphasis this year is on recognizing service activities performed in response to the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. The program also identifies and promotes community service model programs and practices in higher education.
2006 Winners:
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| | Students Call for National Post-Katrina College Summit - April 9-14, 2007
 Students from twenty-seven colleges, including Xavier,
Tulane, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Howard, San José State,
Stanford, NYU, Cal, and University of Michigan have put out a call to all
college campuses to participate in a "National Post-Katrina College Summit".
The Post-Katrina College Summit will be a nationwide, week-long effort to
raise awareness about the Gulf Coast through documentary showings, speakers,
spoken word, teach-ins, rallies, petition drives, and other events. The
Summit is an attempt to catapult New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast
back into the national consciousness and to promote federal legislation for
a New Deal-style program for the Gulf Coast. |
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| | After Katrina
In this new publication
series that debuted in January 2006, Urban Institute scholars examine
the many policy dimensions of the devastation and propose practical
solutions for restoring greater New Orleans. |
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| | Katrina's Aftermath: The Struggles Ahead
Education Week's online chat transcript. (Free subscription required)
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| | Get the latest news on service-learning and Katrina relief efforts from more than 4,500 news sources with this Google News feed. |
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| | Email us with any ideas or stories on what your students are doing in regards to the relief effort. |
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| Reports from Learn and Serve grantees and subgrantees |
| | Maryland
In
Carroll County, Maryland Carroll County Public Schools and Volunteer
Carroll are working with every school to do something. For example the
Career Center students in grades 10-12 are collecting personal care
items for Health Kits and School Kits to be distributed by both the Red
Cross and the New Windsor Service Center; the students at Shiloh Middle
School held a "Shoulder the Burden" fundraiser, where students paid $1
to carry their backpack for the day, something they are not usually
allowed to do. The money raised through this events was added to by
faculty and parents for a total of $4,500 to support the hurricane
relief efforts. |
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