hurricane katrina part ii. big questions? these are the questions students seek to answer. the big...
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Hurricane Katrina Part II
Big Questions?
These are the questions students seek to answer.
The Big Questions guide student research.
The Big Questions create the need for the disciplines. Students need the information, skills and knowledge of the disciplines in order to answer their Big Questions.
What is a hurricane?
How are hurricanes formed and sustained?
Why is New Orleans an important city?
• History of New Orleans
• Economics – industries, Port of New Orleans
• Culture - religions, languages, music, food, ethnicity/race, arts, architecture . . .
Why did New Orleans flood?
• Scientific studies - geographical, climatological and geological facts
• Government action and inaction
• Economics
What are the environmental issues? • Flood control
• EPA - Pollution – toxic floodwaters
• Coastal erosion
• Fossil Fuels
• Global Warming
• Natural resources
• Waterways
• Wildlife and fisheries
• Agriculture, fishing, shrimping, oyster beds
What are the social issues?
• Race• Class• Age• Ability• How can we end poverty?• What will be the impact of
the largest displacement of people in U.S. since the Civil War?
Critical Pedagogy
“Critical pedagogy considers how education can provide individuals with the tools to better themselves and strengthen democracy, to create a more egalitarian and just society, and thus to deploy education in a process of progressive social change”. Douglas Kellner, UCLA
We ask the following questions:
Critical Pedagogy asks . . .
• What is the current state of affairs?
• What are the sociohistorical contexts – i.e., how and why did things get this way?
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• How could - and should - things be?
• What can we do to get from here to there? How can we make this world a better, happier place?
• What specific actions can we take to effect this desired change?
Critical Pedagogy and Hurricane Katrina
Examining issues of the environment, the role of government, the accountability of government, issues of poverty, race, class, ability, the media . . .
How could this happen? Who got left behind? What can we do about it?
Ageism
Discrimination based on age, especially prejudice against the elderly.
Ableism
Discrimination or prejudice against people with disabilities, especially physical disabilities.
Racism
1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.
Classism
Bias based on social or economic class.
How can we help?
What are the Possibilities and
Hope that can come out of
Hurricane Katrina?
Multiple Literaciesfor the
21st Century
Connections
Visual Literacy
Photo essays, documentaries, flow charts,
graphic organizers, photography, video, web
sites, clip art, photos, drawings, works of
art, . . . .
Aural LiteracyIncorporating speech, music, song, and
sound effects into products. Analyze,
evaluate, critique and produce aural
messages.
More Aural LiteracyCritically listening to:
• News reports on television and radio
• Politicians statements
• Opinion pieces
• Fact vs. Opinion
• Evaluating validity and credibility of information presented.
• Listening to others in discussions and negotiation, and in Jigsaw Groups.
Ecoliteracy
Floodwaters are pumped over the repaired Metairie Relief Outfall canal in New Orleans September 9, 2005.
Toxic flood waters
Global warming
Pollution
Wildlife refuge
Coastal erosion
Agriculture
Fisheries
Emotional Literacy• Rage
• Fear
• Grief
• Relief
• Joy
Financial Literacy
Costs to:
• Individuals & Families
• Local to national communities
• Industries - shipbuilding, agriculture, shrimping, fishing, oil, . .
• Port of New Orleans
Port of New OrleansPort industry includes: steamship companies, stevedoring companies, railroads, tugboats and barge companies, and freight forwarders.
Everyone in the United States has something, probably in arm’s reach, that was shipped through the Port of New Orleans. (Ali Velshi, CNN Business Reporter)
Media Literacy
How can we use multiple
forms of media to effect
change in the world?
Multicultural Literacy
• Global response• Foreign aid to U.S.• Multicultural roots of
New Orleans culture
VocabularyHere you can build your vocabulary list for this unit.. Starter list:
Hurricane
Coastal Erosion
Barrier islands
Fossil Fuels
Climatology
Meteorology
Racism
Classism
More Resources
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Hurricane Katrina Part III